gèadh

See also: géadh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish géd m (“goose”), from Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Irish gé, Welsh gŵydd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲiəɣ/

Noun

gèadh m or f (genitive singular geòidh, plural geòidh)

1. goose

Declension

Declension of gèadh (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gèadh	geòidh
Genitive	geòidh	ghèadh
Dative	gèadh	geòidh; gèadhaibh*
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) gèadh	(na) geòidh
Genitive	(a') gheòidh	(nan) gèadh
Dative	(a') ghèadh	(na) geòidh; gèadhaibh*
Vocative	(a) gheòidh	(a) ghèadha

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
gèadh	ghèadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.