gaire

See also: -gaire, gairė, gàire, and gáire

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *waigaro. Compare Occitan gaire, Piedmontese vaire, French guère.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gaire m or f (masculine and feminine plural gaires or gaire)

  1. (in negative or interrogative constructions) barely any, hardly any
    No té gaire diners. ― He hardly has any money.

Adverb

gaire

  1. (in negative or interrogative constructions) barely, hardly
    No va dir gaire res. ― She hardly said anything.

Derived terms

References

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾʲə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish gaire. By surface analysis, gar +‎ -e.

Noun

gaire f (genitive singular gaire, nominative plural)

  1. nearness, proximity
Declension
Declension of gaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gaire
Vocative a ghaire
Genitive gaire
Dative gaire

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghaire
Genitive na gaire
Dative leis an ngaire

don ghaire

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gaire

  1. inflection of gar:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gaire ghaire ngaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan gaire.

Pronunciation
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Adverb

gaire

  1. barely, hardly

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, borrowed from Frankish *waigaro, related to *waigr (“resistant”) (source of modern German unweigerlich (“unevitable”), Middle High German unweiger (“not very”)).[1]

Adverb

gaire

  1. (chiefly with "ne") hardly; almost not at all

Descendants
  • Middle French: guiere, guere
    • French: guère

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*waigaro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 469

Further reading

Old Occitan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, borrowed from Frankish *waigaro, related to *waigr (“resistant”) (source of modern German unweigerlich (“unevitable”), Middle High German unweiger (“not very”)). Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French gaire.

Adverb

gaire

  1. (chiefly with "ne") hardly; almost not at all

References
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