gaimred

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gyemirātom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- with an uncertain second component. By surface analysis, gam +‎ -rad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.β̃ʲɾʲəð/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɡa.β̃ʲɾʲeð]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɡa.β̃ʲɾʲəð]

Noun

gaimred n

1. winter

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gaimredN	gaimredN	gaimredL, gaimreda
vocative	gaimredN	gaimredN	gaimredL, gaimreda
accusative	gaimredN	gaimredN	gaimredL, gaimreda
genitive	gaimridL	gaimred	gaimredN
dative	gaimredL	gaimredaib	gaimredaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• gam

Descendants

• Middle Irish: gemred, geimred
  • Irish: geimhreadh
  • Scottish Gaelic: geamhradh
  • Manx: geurey

See also

• seasons: aimsera: errach · samrad · fogamar · gaimred ^[edit]

Mutation

Mutation of gaimred

radical	lenition	nasalization
gaimred	gaimred pronounced with /ɣ-/	ngaimred

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gemred, gaimred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language