géagach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gécach (“branching, covered with boughs”), from géc (“branch, bough, limb”). By surface analysis, géag (“branch, limb; tress”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

géagach (genitive singular masculine géagaigh, genitive singular feminine géagaí, plural géagacha, comparative géagaí)

  1. branched, branching
  2. long-limbed (of human, animal)
  3. flowing, tressy (of hair)

Declension

Declension of géagach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative géagach ghéagach géagacha;
ghéagacha2
vocative ghéagaigh géagacha
genitive géagaí géagacha géagach
dative géagach;
ghéagach1 		ghéagach;
ghéagaigh (archaic) 		géagacha;
ghéagacha2
Comparative níos géagaí
Superlative is géagaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of géagach
radical lenition eclipsis
géagach ghéagach ngéagach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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