# guaire
## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish gúaire (“hair (of animals), bristles; a bristle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend”), similar to gúala (“shoulder”).

#### Noun

guaire m (genitive singular guaire, nominative plural guairí)
* bristle
* Synonym of guaireach (“rough hair, bristles”)

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
guaire
guairí
vocative
a ghuaire
a ghuairí
genitive
guaire
guairí
dative
guaire
guairí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an guaire
na guairí
genitive
an ghuaire
na nguairí
dative
leis an nguaire don ghuaire
leis na guairí :

##### Derived terms

* guaireach (“bristly, setaceous”, adjective)
* guairigh (“bristle”, intransitive verb)
* guairíocht f (“bristliness”)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

guaire m (genitive singular guaire, nominative plural guairí)
* sand barrier (at river mouth), sand-bar
    Synonym: oitir

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
guaire
guairí
vocative
a ghuaire
a ghuairí
genitive
guaire
guairí
dative
guaire
guairí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an guaire
na guairí
genitive
an ghuaire
na nguairí
dative
leis an nguaire don ghuaire
leis na guairí :

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “guaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “guaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gúaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “guairsgeach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From guai (“woe!”) +‎ -ire.

#### Alternative forms

* guattire

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwaˈi.re/
* Rhymes: -ire
* Hyphenation: gua‧ì‧re

#### Verb

guaìre (first-person singular present guaìsco, first-person singular past historic guaìi, past participle guaìto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
* to yelp or whine (of dog) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: ululare, vagire, strillare, urlare, piangere, gridare, stridere, sbraitare
* (by extension) to lament [auxiliary avere]

##### Related terms

* guaito

### Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡwaj.re/
* Rhymes: -ajre
* Hyphenation: guài‧re

#### Adverb

guaire
* Archaic form of guari (“much”).

### Further reading

* guaire in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* guaire in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* guaire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* guaire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* guaire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* guaire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Old French
### Adverb

guaire
* Alternative form of gaire