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géagán

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gécán.[2] By surface analysis, géag +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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géagán m (genitive singular géagáin, nominative plural géagáin)

  1. diminutive of géag: small branch
  2. (anatomy) appendage (external body part; natural prolongation or projection), limb
  3. (rail transport) extension of a railway line

Declension

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Declension of géagán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative géagán géagáin
Vocative a ghéagáin a ghéagána
Genitive géagáin géagán
Dative géagán géagáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an géagán na géagáin
Genitive an ghéagáin na ngéagán
Dative leis an ngéagán

don ghéagán

leis na géagáin

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
géagán ghéagán ngéagán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “géagán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gécán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133

Further reading

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