giar
Manx
verb
Definitions
- to cut, cut back, prune, clip, dissect, shear, hack, incise, slit, carve, slash, sever
- (cards) to cut cards
- (medicine) to castrate, lance
- to disconnect
- to cut short, crop as tail
- to abbreviate, condense, abridge
- to intersect
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish gerrad (felling, cutting, lopping).
Origin
Old Irish
gerrad
Gloss
felling, cutting, lopping