géag
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See also: geag
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish géc, from Proto-Celtic *kankā (compare Scottish Gaelic geug).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
géag f (genitive singular géige, nominative plural géaga)
- branch, bough, limb (of a tree)
- Synonym: craobh
- limb (major appendage of human or animal)
- ray (of a starfish)
- tress (of hair)
- (genealogy) genealogical branch; offshoot, offspring; scion, (young) person
- image of girl (made for festival)
Declension[edit]
Declension of géag
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- géagach
- géagaigh
- géagáil (“act of holding arms, clinching”)
- géagán
- géagchóras
- géagláidir
- géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”)
- géagscaoilte
- géagúil
- gearrghéagach
- muirghéag (“arm of the sea”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
géag | ghéag | ngéag |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “géag”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 354
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “géag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “géag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24