The Irish word for short is
gearr
Translations for short and their definitions
| beag | |
| 1. adj. small, little | |
| 2. adj. (size, amount, extent, degree) | |
| 3. adj. junior, lesser, minor | |
| 4. adj. (hypocoristic) | |
| 5. adj. (deprecatory) | |
| 6. adj. (of late, recent, time) | |
| 7. adj. few (with a singular noun) | |
| Is beag áit is deise. - There are few places that are nicer. | |
| le blianta beaga anuas - for the past few years | |
| 8. n-m. little; small amount | |
| 9. n-m. (with copula) few |
| gearr | |
| 1. adj. short | |
| 2. adj. curt | |
| 3. adj. deficient, inadequate | |
| 4. adj. near, close | |
| 5. v. cut; shorten, reduce | |
| Ghearr mé mo lámh ar maidin. - I cut my hand this morning. | |
| 6. v. (card games) cut | |
| 7. v. (dentistry, of teeth) cut (of child); grind | |
| 8. v. (of wounding speech) make a cutting remark to someone; backbite; nag | |
| 9. v. castrate | |
| 10. v. levy, impose, allocate (from fund) |
| gairid | |
| 1. adj. short (having a small distance between ends or edges; having little duration) |
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