blas géar = sour taste, tart. Bíonn blas deas géar ar fraocháin nuair bhíonn siad aibidh. = There is a nice tart taste on "whorts" when they are ripe. Bíonn blas géar ar saghdar. = Cider has a tart taste.
Thá blas géar air. = It has a "sharp" taste, sour. Thá an bainne ana-ghéar. = The milk is very sour. Thá an bhlathach ro-ghear. = The buttermilk is too sour.
Dh iompuig an baine géar leis an teas. = The milk turned sour with the heat. Thá an bainne iompuighthe = .i. iompuighthe géar. = The milk is turned, .i. turned sour. (Ní dhéarfáí "géaruig" an bainne)
bainne géar = sour milk. Ní bhíonn bláthach deas nuair a bhíonn sí ró-ghéar. = Butter-milk is not nice when it is too sour. Níor blais me riamh aon rud níos géire ná é. = I never tasted anything sourer than it.
Thá an radharc ana-ghéar aige fós. = He has very sharp sight yet. Thug sé súil-fhéachaint ghéar orm. = He glanced at me sharply. Dh'fhéach sé go géar idir an dá shúil orm. = He looked me in the eyes sharply.