Words for words, calls, cries and related words in Celtic languages.
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| Proto-Celtic | *gāri = shout, call *gar(r)man = cry, shout *garyeti = to cry, shout *garyo- = word, command *garyos = call, cry |
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| Gaulish | *Garomaros / Garo-marus = personal name adgarion = accuser (?) |
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | gairid [ˈɡarʲiðʲ] = to call, cry out, summon adgair [aðˈɡarʲ] = to summon congair [konˈɡarʲ] = to call, summon; invite dogair = to call |
| Middle Irish (Goídelc) | gairid = to call |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | gáir [ɡɑːɾʲ/ɡæːɾʲ] = cry, shout; report, fame, notoriety; to cry shout; laugh gáire = to laugh gáieach = laughing, smiling gáieachtach = noisy, vociferous; laughing, merry gairm = call, summons, name, title, calling, vocation, acclaim gairmeach = calling, clamour agair [ˈaɡəɾʲ] = to plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | goir [gɤrʲ] = to call, cry, hoot, crow gairm [gɤrʲɤm] = calling, crying; call, cry; announcing, declaring; convening; call of the cockerel; call, cry, declare, announce, crow, convene gairm-choileach = cock-crow gairm-chatha = warcry gàir [gaːrʲ] = to laugh, cry shout; outcry, shout, clamour gàir nan tonn = the roar of the waves agair [ˈaɡəɾʲ] = to claim, demand; petition; crave |
| Manx (Gaelg) | gerr = crow, shout gerr chah = war cry gerrym = outcry, whoop, crow of cock, call of bird, shouting, whooping, crowing gerrym caggee = war cry, call up, battle cry gerrym y chellee = dawn, cock crow aggyrt = impute, demand, expostulate, claim |
| Proto-Brythonic | *gėr [ɡe̝ːr] = word, speech |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | geir = word gaur, gawr = shout, cry garddu = groan |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | gair [ɡai̯r] = word, speech, phrase, greeting, salutation, short exhortation, saying, proverb; verb; line of poetry, verse; report, rumour, information, letter, reputation, fame, praise geiriad = wording, phraseology, phrase geiriadaf, geiriadu = to word, phrase, express geiriadur = dictionary geiriaduraf, geiriaduro, geiriadura = to compile a dictionary geiriaduriaeth, geiriaduraeth = lexicography; vocabulary; grammar geiriadurwr = lexicographer, dictionary-maker geiriog = wordy, verbose gawr = shout, cry, outcry, clamour, tumult, noise; battle-cry; conflict, battle, attack; host |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | ger [ɡɛːr/ɡeːr] = word, saying, report gerdhal = dyslexic gerdhalni = dyslexia gerlyver = dictionary |
| Old Breton | gerent = word. say |
| Middle Breton | guer = word |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | ger [ɡeːr] = word geriadur = dictionary |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (to call,cry) [source]. The English words care and garrulous come from the same PIE root [source].
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, logainm.ie, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis, English – ProtoCeltic WordList (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
