gagar

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gagarr, from an imitative North Germanic root *gag (“to howl”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɣər/

Noun

gagar m

  1. beagle, hunting dog

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gagar gagarL gagairL
Vocative gagair gagarL gagruH
Accusative gagarN gagarL gagruH
Genitive gagairL gagar gagarN
Dative gagarL gagaraib gagaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: gadar
    • Irish: gadhar
    • Scottish Gaelic: gadhar

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gagar gagar
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngagar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gagar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page gadhar
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