geansaí

See also: Geansaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English guernsey (compare Scottish Gaelic geansaidh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟanˠsˠiː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɟænʲsˠiː/

Noun

geansaí m (genitive singular geansaí, nominative plural geansaithe or geansaíocha)

1. sweater, jersey, jumper, guernsey

Declension

Declension of geansaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative geansaí geansaithe Vocative a gheansaí a gheansaithe Genitive geansaí geansaithe Dative geansaí geansaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an geansaí na geansaithe Genitive an gheansaí na ngeansaithe Dative leis an ngeansaí don gheansaí leis na geansaithe

• Alternative plural: geansaíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• geansaí Árann m, geansaí Árannach m (“Aran jumper”)
• geansaí buí m (“yellow jersey”)

 

Descendants

• → English: gansey
  • → Gujarati: ગંજી (gañjī)
  • → Bengali: গেঞ্জি (genji)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geansaí	gheansaí	ngeansaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geansaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “geansaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “geansaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024