giar

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish gerrad (“cutting, lopping, felling”).

Verb

giar (verbal noun giarrey)

1. (transitive) cut, cut back, prune, clip, dissect, shear, hack, incise, slit, carve, slash, sever
2. (transitive, card games) cut (cards)
3. (transitive, medicine) castrate, lance
4. (transitive) disconnect
5. (transitive) cut short, crop (as tail)
6. (transitive) abbreviate, condense, abridge

   Synonyms: aagherr, girree, jean ny s'girrey

7. (transitive) intersect

   Synonym: cross

Derived terms

• aayiar

Mutation

Mutation of giar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giar	yiar	ngiar

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