gearr-aighneas

Irish

Etymology

gearr- (“curt, abrupt”) +‎ aighneas (“talk, chatter”)

Noun

gearr-aighneas m (genitive singular gearr-aighnis)

1. backchat; impudence

Declension

Declension of gearr-aighneas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gearr-aighneas Vocative a ghearr-aighnis Genitive gearr-aighnis Dative gearr-aighneas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gearr-aighneas Genitive an ghearr-aighnis Dative leis an ngearr-aighneas don ghearr-aighneas

Derived terms

• gearr-aighneasóir m (“argumentative, impudent person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gearr-aighneas	ghearr-aighneas	ngearr-aighneas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearr-aighneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN