-gaire
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *-garyom, formed with the suffix *-om and the stem *gary-. This formation is also found in Gaulish, in adgarion from the Chamalières inscription.
Suffix
-gaire
- forms verbal nouns of derivatives of gairid (“to call”)
- ar- + -gaire → airgaire (“prohibition”, verbal noun of ar·gair (“to prohibit, forbid”))
- frith- (“against”) + -gaire → frecrae (“answer”, verbal noun of fris·gair (“to answer”))
Usage notes
Syncopates to -cr(a)e when warranted. All derivatives of with this suffix are neuter io-stems.
Derived terms
- acrae
- airfócrae
- airgaire
- fócre
- forngaire
- frecrae
- imfrecrae
- tacrae
- tairngire