géagach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gécach (“branching, covered with boughs”), from géc (“branch, bough, limb”); synchronically, géag (“branch, limb; tress”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟeːɡəx/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɟeːɡa(h)/

Adjective

géagach (genitive singular masculine géagaigh, genitive singular feminine géagaí, plural géagacha, comparative géagaí)

1. branched, branching
2. (of human, animal) long-limbed
3. (of hair) flowing, tressy

Declension

Declension of géagach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	géagach	ghéagach	géagacha; ghéagacha²
Vocative	ghéagaigh		géagacha
Genitive		géagaí	géagacha	géagach
Dative	géagach; ghéagach¹	ghéagach; ghéagaigh (archaic)	géagacha; ghéagacha²
Comparative	níos géagaí
Superlative	is géagaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• géagúil

Derived terms

• géagachán m (“long-limbed, spare person”)
• moncaí géagach m (“spider monkey”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
géagach	ghéagach	ngéagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gécach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “géagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm