gèadh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish géd m (“goose”), from Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Irish gé, Welsh gŵydd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʲiəɣ/

Noun

gèadh m or f (genitive singular geòidh, plural geòidh)

goose

Declension

Declension of gèadh (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gèadh	geòidh
Genitive	geòidh	ghèadh
Dative	gèadh	geòidh; gèadhaibh^✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) gèadh	(na) geòidh
Genitive	(a') gheòidh	(nan) gèadh
Dative	(a') ghèadh	(na) geòidh; gèadhaibh^✝
Vocative	gheòidh	ghèadha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of *gèadh*
radical	lenition
gèadh	ghèadh

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

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