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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish getal (“rush, broom”) + -aire.
Noun
geataire m (genitive singular geataire, nominative plural geatairí)
- long rush
- rushlight, rush candle
- person of slight build
- small missile
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| geataire
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gheataire
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ngeataire
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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
- “geataire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “getal, gedal, gétal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geataire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 358
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geataire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN