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n (also gerrgara) the calf or shank of the leg (< gerr short [part] and g s. of gairr calf of the leg. Cf. fergara.). Used only of animals: lēicidsom cloich dont samuisc ... co mmemaid a gergairi (gergara LU) fāi, TBC² 1725 = LU 6214 . ro brisses a gerr gara `ich zerbrach ihr Unterbein,' TBC 2371 , where rhyme requires two words. Cf. ib. p. 899, n. 7 . co memb do gerr gara foat (of a heifer), IT ii2 247.80 (Eg.) = co mbeba do ser ndeis no chli fout, Lec. But cf. co mmema do fergara fót, LU 6099.
v warms: gerthiut it warms thee, BDD² 317 (§ 34) and see gertha.
n (Lat. gerundium) a gerund; n s. in gerind , Sg. 148b9 . 27b18 ; 149b7 ; 188a1 . gerent ÉC xi 117 (Paris Latin 10290 19 b 27) .
(a) n. l. Germany: i nGermain , Laws i 20.32 (Introd. Comm.). mac ríg na Germane LL ii 12681 . le nāsion ... don Germāinn, Fl. Earls 178.17 . glugairidhe na Gearamáine (sic leg.), Eochairsgiath 3.10 .
(b) the German language: Grec ┐ Laiden ... ag Fearaib Bolg, ... ┐ Germain ac Tuathaib DD, Mann. and Cust. iii 232 n. ( Lec. 229b col. 1 inf. ).
adj (Germáin) o,ā German: a German: captín Gearmáineach, TSh. 5505 . frisna germāinneachaibh, Fl. Earls 178.19 .
n o,m. a German: n p. Germain, Auraic. 217.2533 . Cf. Ält. Ir. Dicht. i 30.42 ; 55.24 .
o, npr m. G.¤ Garbglass, TBC 4109 . LU 1746 . Saint Germanus (of Auxerre): legais canoin la German, Hy. ii 12 . German ... aite Pátric, Fél. May 28. Cf. ib. p. 172.27 . g s. Germain .i. escop ┐ maigistir Patraic, Fél.² cliv .
n `a girth, a girdle ' O'R. la cutruma gernine do lomasna, Hib. Min. 66.28 ( Rawl. 512B, 115b26 ).
(a) short (of space or time); often adverbial a short time: cochaill gerra ... impu, LU 2180 ( FA § 26 ). ní rob gerr mo grés. let not my poem be curtailed, Met. Dinds. iii 346.102 . an déas ghearr ... ┐ an déas ard, TSh. 2643 . gearr mo ré ḟúaraidh ar t'ḟeart, IGT Decl. ex. 1108 . gearr dobháoi an cróisin gan chrann, 577 . gearr bhíos an chumha so ag clódh soon does this grief return, Studies 1924, 88 § 25 . ma fada gearr beirthear é, TD 22.13 . is do deacraib in domain | buain mela ar mecnaib ibair, | a scailp for conaib gearraib, | longad i ceallaib scibair shorthaired (?), BB 299a16 . cúaine na ccon ngearr, IGT Decl. ex. 459 . gerr ó a short (way) from, near, at hand (of space or time) ger gerr uadha í though it was a short space distant, BCC § 361 . an nimh-sin ... is gearr uaithi dul im chois it will soon affect my foot, Measgra Dánta 34.6 ; 53.15 . Compar. secht ṅgerr-chochaill ... girri cech n-úachtarach, libru cach n-íchtarach, MU² 625 . Cf. Aisl. MC 43.23 . gabháil ... is girre seal fuair Eírinn shortest in duration, Keat. i 154.z (poem); níos giorra, Numbers xi 23 . As npr m. or sobriquet: Gerr in chocaidh, RC xvii 366.5 (Tig.) = FM ii 812.12 . Mael[sh]echlainn mac i[n] ghirr `son of the dwarf,' AU ii 516.21 (an. 1365). Of a spear: Gearr Congail, MR 36.9 . Of a sword: Gearr na gColann, ITS xxiv 86.14 ; 92.29 .
(b) castrated: for eoch gerr on a gelding, BColm. 88.10 . ar eoch ngiurr, 90.16 . ? a meic Conleamna, a lair gearr, MacCarthy 124.16 = IT iii 69 § 12 (written alair). Names of two horses: Gerr in óir, Gerr in arcait, Acall. 274 . As subst. a short horse, a gelding (?): n. l. Ath Laime na Girre, FM iv 1170.26 .
(c) ? syncopated (gram.): mēd na sainsi ┐ méd na bainsi gearr aráon, IGT Decl. § 150.
Compds. ¤bél short-lipped: Fergus Gerrbhél .i. girra robhói ina bhél, Coír An. § 131 . ¤buanach transitory: ar sholás geárrbhúanach shaogaltha, RC xxiii 22.4 . ¤chlaideb a short sword: TTr.² 1612 . TBC 5501 (St.). ¤chocoll a short cloak: LU 6960 ( BDD § 82 ). LL 266b29 = MU² 625 . Aisl. MC 43.22 . ¤chumann backsliding , Prov. xiv 14 . ¤fhíad a hare: Lev. xi 6. Deut. xiv 7 . ¤gha a short spear, a dart: pl. a ngearr-ghaoithe ┐ a sleagha, TSh. 5748 . ¤lámach (epithet) having short hands (or arms), Cóir An. § 236 . ¤léne a short kilt: gerr-leinti co gluinib, RC xxi 152 § 8 . ¤míl a hare (?): pl. geirrmila derga amail mucco, RC ix 472.y . but cf. gendmíla v.l., ZCP xi 152 § 46 . ¤shaégal; ¤shaéglach a short life; short-lived; transitory: TSh. 5346 . O'Gr. Cat. 464. ALC i 266.2 . Job xiv 1 . ¤shamthach a short-handled axe: AU ii 420.6 . FM iii 500.2 . For gerr gara the calf (or shank) of the leg , see gergara.
(a) cutting, lopping, felling: ní dhéntaoí gearradh ... ion bhur bhfeóil, Lev. xix 28 . cnaib do mhingerred to chop up hemp, Marco P. § 145 . pl. gerrtha coilleadh ┐ talmhan, FM vi 2306.3 . Of tonsuring: ar na gerradh do chananchaibh Lesa G. `after being tonsured,' AU ii 548.7 . Of mutilating: lethfiach bais cach con ... ina ngerru[dh], O'C. 2143 ( Eg. 88, f. 2 (3) c ). Fig. (in apostrophe to a sword): A ghearradh snáithe saoghail thou who cuttest the thread of life, TD 33.17 .
(b) gram. syncope IGT Decl. § 17.3 ; § 53.14 .
(c) Fig. cutting, taunting, reproaching: ag greannughad ┐ ag gerradh ... ┐ og athaisiughadh na bFranccach, Ériu v 176.233 . Cf. peacaighid an lánamhain má bhíd ag grió- sughadh agus ag gearradh a chéile, Donlevy 86 § 4 .
(d) stepping mincingly: ag imtheacht agus ag gearradh, Is. iii 16.
II a tax, a tribute: duibh-chios, cánachus, gearradh tribute, Eg. Gl. 226 . gan sreith gan gearradh ... do chor ar a nduthaigh, FM v 1770.16 . faoi contribúsion ┐ fo gearradh aige, 23 E 26, 268.6 .

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