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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
gamhainn, a year-old calf, a stirk, Ir. gamhuin, a calf, E. Ir. gamuin, pl.g. gamna, year-old calf; from gam, winter: "winter-old". For root, see gamhradh. Confirmed by the proverb: "Oidhche Shamhna, theirear gamhna ris na laoigh"—On Hallowe'en the calves are called stirks. Similarly and from the same root are Norse gymbr, a year-old ewe lamb, Sc. gimmer, Gr. χίμαρος, a yearling goat (Dor.). Hence gamhnach, farrow cow.
gamhlas, malice, gannlas, ganndas (Dial.); from gann?
ganail, rail, fold (Sh., O'B., H.S.D.), Ir. ganail: cf. gunwale.
gangaid, deceit (Sh., O'B., etc.), bustle, light-headed creature (Sh.), Ir., M. Ir. gangaid, deceit, falsehood:
gann, scarce, Ir. gann, O. Ir. gann, gand: *gando-s; Skr. gandháyate, hurt; Lit. gendù, be injured (Stokes).
gànradh, a gander, Ir. gandal; from the Eng.
gànraich, roaring noise as of billows or birds:
gaog, a lump as in yarn or cloth; cf. goigean.
gaoid, a blemish, Ir. gaoid, a stain; cf. E. Ir. góet, a wound: *gaizdo-; Lit. żaizda, a wound.
gaoir, a noise, a cry of pain or alarm, sensation or thrill of pain (Perth.); from gàir, shout?
gaoisd, gaoisid, horse hair, M. Ir. goisideach, crinitus, O. Ir. goiste, suspendium, laqueus: *gaissinti-, *gait-tinti; Gr. χαίτη, mane, flowing hair.
gaoistean, a crafty fellow (H.S.D. from MSS.), Ir. gaistín; cf. gaisde, a trap.
gaoithean, a fop, empty-headed fellow; from gaoth, wind.
gaol, love, Ir. gaol, kin, family, E. Ir. gáel, relationship: *gailo-; Lit. gailùs, compassionate; Got. gailjan, gladden, Ger. geil, wanton; Gr. φίλος, friendly. Stokes and Strachan agree.
gaorr, fæces, ordure in the intestines, gore, Ir. garr, probably from Eng. gore, Ag. S. gor, dirt. Hence gaorran, big belly, a glutton. In Arg. pronounced with Northern ao sound; in North, pronounced with ao broad as in Arg. Consider skar in sharn (Sc.); cf gaoirnean or gaoirnean.
gaorsach, a bawd, slut: "dirty wench"; from gaorr and the female termination -sach? Cf. siùrsach.
gaort, giort, a saddle girth; from the Eng.
gaoth, wind, so Ir., E. Ir. gaeth, goeth, O. Ir. gáith: *gaito-, from root gai, I. E. ghai, ghei, ghi, drive, storm, as in G. geamhradh, q.v. Eng. ghost (I. E. ghoizdo-s) is allied. Stokes refers it to the root of gath solely, which is ghai as above.
gar, warm, Ir. goraim, O. Ir. gorim, Br. gor, burning, W. gwrês, heat: *gorô, I warm; Gr. θερος, summer heat, θερμός, warm, Eng. thermo-meter; Lat. furnus, oven, furnace; Ch. Sl.
