geata

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish *geta, from Middle English ȝeat, from Old English ġeat.

Pronunciation

Noun

geata m (genitive singular geata, nominative plural geataí)

  1. gate

Declension

Declension of geata

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative geata geataí
Vocative a gheata a gheataí
Genitive geata geataí
Dative geata geataí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an geata na geataí
Genitive an gheata na ngeataí
Dative leis an ngeata

don gheata

leis na geataí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geata gheata ngeata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “geata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 312, page 110

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *geta, from Middle English ȝeat, from Old English ġeat.

Pronunciation

Noun

geata m (genitive singular geata, plural geatachan or geataichean or geatan)

  1. gate

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