géarleanúint
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- géarleanamhaint, géarleanmhaint, géar-leanamhaint, géar-leanmhaint, géirleanamhaint, géir-leanamhaint, géirleanmhaint, géir-leanmhaint, géirleanúint, géir-leanúint, geurleanmhaint (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From géar (“sharp”) + leanúint (“following”). Originally the verbal noun of the now obsolete verb géarlean (“to prosecute”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]géarleanúint f (genitive singular géarleanúna, nominative plural géarleanúintí)
- persecution
- déan géarleanúint ar ― to persecute (literally, “to do persecution on”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of géarleanúint
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
géarleanúint | ghéarleanúint | ngéarleanúint |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84
Further reading
[edit]- “géarleanúint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “géir-leanṁaint”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 360
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géarleanúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN