# geir
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“throwing spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /keiːr/
* Rhymes: -eiːr
    Homophone: Geir

### Noun

geir m (genitive singular geirs, nominative plural geirar)
* spear

#### Declension
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish geir, from Proto-Celtic *gʷerets (whence Welsh gwêr), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“heat”) or *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟɛɾʲ/

### Noun

geir f (genitive singular geire or gearach or geireadh, nominative plural geireacha)
* tallow, suet

#### Declension

As second-declension noun:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
geir
geireacha
vocative
a gheir
a gheireacha
genitive
g{{{3}}}
geireacha
dative
geir
geireacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an gheir
na geireacha
genitive
na g{{{3}}}
na ngeireacha
dative
leis an ngeir don gheir
leis na geireacha :
As fifth-declension velar stem:
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
geir
vocative
a gheir
genitive
gearach
dative
geir geirigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an gheir
genitive
na gearach
dative
leis an ngeir leis an ngeirigh (archaic, dialectal) don gheir don gheirigh (archaic, dialectal) :
As fifth-declension dental stem (the oldest form):
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
geir
vocative
a gheir
genitive
geireadh
dative
geir geiridh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an gheir
genitive
na geireadh
dative
leis an ngeir leis an ngeiridh (archaic, dialectal) don gheir don gheiridh (archaic, dialectal) :

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷered-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 146

### Further reading

* “geir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 geir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 359
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“throwing spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognates include Irish ga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛɪːr/

### Noun

geir m (definite singular geiren, indefinite plural geirar, definite plural geirane)
* (archaic or historical) a spear
* (fishing) a leister, a kind of fishing spear
    Synonym: lyster
* (zoology) a small mackerel
    Synonym: pir

#### Derived terms

* atgeir
* geirfalk
* geirfugl
* geirskaft
* geirsodd
* horngeir

#### Related terms

Male given names:
* Almgeir
* Alvgeir
* Arngeir
* Audgeir
* Bengeir
* Borggeir
* Dalgeir
* Eddgeir
* Falgeir
* Finngeir
* Fjallgeir
* Fridgeir
* Geir
* Geirald, Geiralde
* Geiralv
* Geirbjørn
* Geirbrand
* Geirdjarv
* Geire
* Geirfast
* Geirfinn
* Geirfrød, Geirrød
* Geirhjelm
* Geirkvat
* Geirlak
* Geirleik
* Geirleiv
* Geirljot
* Geirmar
* Geirmund, Geirmunde
* Geirnjot
* Geirolv, Geirulv
* Geirrek, Geirrik
* Geirstein
* Geirtjov
* Geirtor
* Geirtorn
* Geirvald
* Geirvar
* Geirve
* Geirvid
* Hallgeir
* Hergeir
* Holmgeir
* Hungeir
* Jargeir
* Jodgeir
* Jogeir
* Jolgeir
* Mungeir
* Nevgeir
* Oddgeir
* Rodgeir
* Rotgeir
* Rådgeir
* Siggeir
* Styrgeir
* Sundgeir
* Sveingeir
* Tinggeir
* Tjodgeir
* Torgeir
* Ulvgeir
* Vadgeir
* Vegeir
* Vestgeir
* Vilgeir
* Vitgeir
* Åsgeir, Æsgeir, Asgeir
Female given names:
* Geira
* Geirbjørg
* Geirdis
* Geirfrid, Geirrid
* Geirheid
* Geirhild
* Geirlaug
* Geirny
* Geirrun
* Geirtora
* Geirtrud
* Geirunn
* Geirvor

### References

* “geir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Geir, grei, regi

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* gehir, geihir

### Etymology

Frankish *jehhjan, from Proto-Germanic *jehaną (“to say, to speak”)

### Verb

geïr
* to admit (to concede to be true)

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem gei distinct from the unstressed stem ge. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Derived terms

* gehine, geïne

#### Descendants

* Middle French: gehir

### References

* geir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Old Norse
### Noun

geir m
* accusative singular indefinite of geirr

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡei̯r/

### Noun

geir
* Soft mutation of ceir.

### Verb

geir
* Soft mutation of ceir.

### Mutation

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