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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gébend.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
géibheann m (genitive singular géibhinn, nominative plural géibhinn)
- fetter, prison
- hobble, trouble, great distress, danger, strait
Usage notes
The word is masculine in Corca Dhuibhne in County Kerry, but feminine in County Cork,[3] where the historical feminine dative singular géibhinn is now used as nominative. In Cape Clear Island, géibhinn is pronounced with a final /ɲ/ (as if spelled géibhing), which is unexpected since historical -inn became /ənʲ/ in the barony of Carbery West and in County Kerry.
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| géibheann
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ghéibheann
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ngéibheann
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ “géibheann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gébend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Ó Buachalla, Breandán (2017) James McCloskey and Cathal Goan, editors, Cnuasach Chléire, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 161
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