geantraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gentraige. By surface analysis, gean (“love, affection”) +‎ -traí (“type of music”).

Noun

geantraí f (genitive singular geantraí, nominative plural geantraithe)

1. (piece of) light, joyful music
2. (literary) comedic music

Declension

Declension of geantraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative geantraí geantraithe Vocative a gheantraí a gheantraithe Genitive geantraí geantraithe Dative geantraí geantraithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gheantraí na geantraithe Genitive na geantraí na ngeantraithe Dative leis an ngeantraí don gheantraí leis na geantraithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geantraí	gheantraí	ngeantraí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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