See also: geag

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish géc,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kankā (compare Scottish Gaelic geug).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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géag f (genitive singular géige, nominative plural géaga)

  1. branch, bough, limb (of a tree)
    Synonym: craobh
  2. limb (major appendage of human or animal)
  3. ray (of a starfish)
  4. tress (of hair)
  5. (genealogy) genealogical branch; offshoot, offspring; scion, (young) person
  6. image of girl (made for festival)

Declension

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Declension of géag (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative géag géaga
vocative a ghéag a ghéaga
genitive géige géag
dative géag
géig (archaic, dialectal)
géaga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ghéag na géaga
genitive na géige na ngéag
dative leis an ngéag
leis an ngéig (archaic, dialectal)
don ghéag
don ghéig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na géaga

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of géag
radical lenition eclipsis
géag ghéag ngéag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133

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