géag

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish géc (compare Scottish Gaelic geug).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡʲeːɡˠ]

Noun

géag f (genitive géige, nominative plural géaga)

1. branch, limb
2. (anatomy) arm; (of an animal) leg, (of starfish) ray
3. (of hair) tress
4. (genealogy) genealogical branch; offshoot, offspring; scion, (young) person
5. image of girl (made for festival)

Declension

Declension of géag

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative géag géaga Vocative a ghéag a ghéaga Genitive géige géag Dative géag géaga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghéag na géaga Genitive na géige na ngéag Dative leis an ngéag don ghéag leis na géaga

Derived terms

Derived terms

géagach, géagúil (“branched, branching; long-limbed; (of hair) flowing, tressy”) géagaigh (“to branch; to spring”) géagáil (“act of holding arms, clinching”) géagán (“small branch, limb; appendage; branch, extension; tall, slender boy/girl”)

géagchóras (“tree”) géagláidir (“strong-limbed”) géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”) géagscaoilte (“loose-limbed”)

Related terms

• crann
• (arm) lámh
• (branch) craobh
• (leg) cos

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
géag	ghéag	ngéag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.