géagúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• géagamhail

Etymology

From géag (“branch, limb; tress”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

géagúil (genitive singular masculine géagúil, genitive singular feminine géagúla, plural géagúla, comparative géagúla)

1. Synonym of géagach (“branched, branching; long-limbed; flowing, tressy”)

Declension

Declension of géagúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	géagúil	ghéagúil	géagúla; ghéagúla2
vocative	ghéagúil		géagúla
genitive		géagúla	géagúla	géagúil
dative	géagúil; ghéagúil1	ghéagúil	géagúla; ghéagúla2
Comparative	níos géagúla
Superlative	is géagúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of géagúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
géagúil	ghéagúil	ngéagúil

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géagúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN