gaige

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See also: Gaige and gǎigé

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

gaige m (genitive singular gaige, nominative plural gaigí)

  1. fop, dandy, beau, gallant

Declension

Declension of gaige (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gaige gaigí
vocative a ghaige a ghaigí
genitive gaige gaigí
dative gaige gaigí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gaige na gaigí
genitive an ghaige na ngaigí
dative leis an ngaige
don ghaige 		leis na gaigí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaige
radical lenition eclipsis
gaige ghaige ngaige

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

Further reading

  • “gaige”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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