géagach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish gécach (“branching, covered with boughs”), from géc (“branch, bough, limb”). By surface analysis, géag (“branch, limb; tress”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
géagach (genitive singular masculine géagaigh, genitive singular feminine géagaí, plural géagacha, comparative géagaí)
- branched, branching
- long-limbed (of human, animal)
- flowing, tressy (of hair)
Declension edit
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 edit
Derived terms edit
- géagachán m (“long-limbed, spare person”)
- moncaí géagach m (“spider monkey”)
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gécach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “géagach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.