# geimhreadh
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* geamhradh, geibhre (obsolete)
* geimhre (superseded)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish gemred, from Old Irish gaimred, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: (Waterford) /ˈɟaiɾʲə/; (Kerry, Cork) /ˈɟiːɾʲə/
* (Connacht) IPA: (Galway) /ˈɟiːvʲɾʲə/; (Mayo) /ˈɟivʲɾʲuː/, /ˈɟĩvʲɾʲuː/, /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲu/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲuː/, /ˈɟɨ̃vʲɾʲu/

### Noun

geimhreadh m (genitive singular geimhridh, nominative plural geimhrí)
* winter

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
geimhreadh
geimhrí
vocative
a gheimhridh
a gheimhrí
genitive
geimhridh
geimhrí
dative
geimhreadh
geimhrí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an geimhreadh
na geimhrí
genitive
an gheimhridh
na ngeimhrí
dative
leis an ngeimhreadh don gheimhreadh
leis na geimhrí :
* Alternative plural: geimhríocha (Cois Fharraige)

#### See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category :
| earrach (“spring”) | samhradh (“summer”) | fómhar (“autumn”) | geimhreadh (“winter”) |

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “geimhreadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gemred, gaimred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 106, page 22
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 57, page 14; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 527, page 97
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 138, page 29
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 78, page 20
* ↑ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1354, page 312
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 431, page 139
* ↑ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎ (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 35, page 17

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geiṁreaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 359
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geimhreadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN