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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
geac m (genitive singular geac, nominative plural geacanna)
- yak
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| geac
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gheac
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ngeac
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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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Further reading
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gauk, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
ġēac m
- cuckoo
- The Seafarer, line 53:
Swylce geac monað geomran reorde.- So the cuckoo yearns with a sad voice.
Declension
Declension of geac (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English jack.
Noun
geac n (plural geacuri)
- (nautical) jack (small national flag)
Declension