Focal an Lae #142
The Word of the Day in Irish
Word: gáire (GAW-ih-ruh) [gaːr′ə]
Meaning: gáire = laughter
Usage:
- Rinne siad gáire. (RIHN-yuh SHEE-uhd GAW-ih-ruh) [rin′ə s′iəd gaːr′ə] = They laughed. (lit., they made laughter)
- racht gáire (RAHKHT ...) [raxt ...] = a fit of laughing
History: Old Irish “gáire” and “gairid” (calls), Welsh “gair” (word) and Welsh and Breton “garm” (shout, cry)
all ultimately derive from the Indo-European root *gar- (to call, cry).
Closely related words in Modern Irish are “gáir” (to shout; a shout, cry), “gair” (to call) and “gairm” (a call, summons, vocation).
Cognates in English include “garrulous”, from Latin “garrire” (to chatter) and “care” (= worry, grief), from Germanic *karō (lament).
Scottish Gaelic: gàire