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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From fo + geasaibh, archaic dative plural of geas (“enchantment”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fo gheasaibh
- enchanted, spellbound
Quotations
2012, Maighread A. Challain, Air Bilean an t-Sluaigh, Belfast: Cló Ollscoil na Banríona, page 46:Bha creideas anns a' bheachd gun robh daoine àraid ann a bha nan ròin fo gheasaibh.- There was credence in the opinion that there were special people who were enchanted seals.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap