geataire

Irish

Alternative forms

• geaftaire, geaitire, geatra, geitire, giotaire

Etymology

From Middle Irish getal (“rush, broom”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

geataire m (genitive singular geataire, nominative plural geatairí)

1. long rush
2. rushlight
3. wick of a rush candle
4. person of slight build
5. small missile

Declension

Declension of geataire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative geataire geatairí Vocative a gheataire a gheatairí Genitive geataire geatairí Dative geataire geatairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an geataire na geatairí Genitive an gheataire na ngeatairí Dative leis an ngeataire don gheataire leis na geatairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geataire	gheataire	ngeataire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “geataire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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