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  1. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): bitter, sour
    Usage (EN): "Chomh géar le cneamh." = (Rádh coitceann.) cneamh = gairleog fhiadhain.
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  2. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): sharp
    Usage (EN): 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.
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  3. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): keen
    Usage (EN): Thá an radharc go géar aige fós. = He has keen sight yet. Dh féach sé go géar orm. = He looked sharply at me.
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  4. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): sour
    Usage (EN): 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.
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  5. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): sour
    Usage (EN): 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)
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  6. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): sharp
    Usage (EN): Thá an tsúil go géar aige = He has a sharp eye. Féar géar iseadh é. = Very little escapes him.
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  7. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): "Sharp", pungent
    Usage (EN): 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.
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  8. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): sour, tart
    Usage (EN): 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.
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  9. géar
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): sour, sharp tasting
    Usage (EN): Chomh géar le cneamh (K'n'av). Cneamh = gáirleog fhiadhain. (Dhéireadh mo mháthair é seo cé nár thuig sí "cneamh".) Chomh géar le crab taobh bóthair. = As sour as a crab (apple) growing on the road side. Chomh géar le finéigear. = As sour as vinegar.
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  10. géar-labhartha
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): caustic, sharp-spoken
    Usage (EN): Duine géar-labhartha gan aon phlamás iseadh é. = He is a sharp-spoken person with no "plamás".
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