géag

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See also: geag

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish géc,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kankā (compare Scottish Gaelic geug).

Pronunciation

Noun

géag f (genitive singular géige, nominative plural géaga)

  1. branch, bough, limb (of a tree)
    Synonym: craobh
  2. limb (major appendage of human or animal)
  3. ray (of a starfish)
  4. tress (of hair)
  5. (genealogy) genealogical branch; offshoot, offspring; scion, (young) person
  6. image of girl (made for festival)

Declension

Declension of géag

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative géag géaga
Vocative a ghéag a ghéaga
Genitive géige géag
Dative géag
géig (archaic, dialectal) 		géaga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghéag na géaga
Genitive na géige na ngéag
Dative leis an ngéag
leis an ngéig (archaic, dialectal)

don ghéag
don ghéig (archaic, dialectal)

leis na géaga

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
géag ghéag ngéag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133

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