géagleabhair

Irish

Etymology

From géag (“limb”) +‎ leabhair (“long and slender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟeːɡl̠ʲəuɾʲ]

Adjective

géagleabhair (genitive singular masculine géagleabhair, genitive singular feminine géagleabhaire, plural géagleabhaire, comparative géagleabhaire)

1. slender-limbed

Declension

Declension of géagleabhair

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	géagleabhair	ghéagleabhair	géagleabhaire; ghéagleabhaire²
Vocative	ghéagleabhair		géagleabhaire
Genitive		géagleabhaire	géagleabhaire	géagleabhair
Dative	géagleabhair; ghéagleabhair¹	ghéagleabhair	géagleabhaire; ghéagleabhaire²
Comparative	níos géagleabhaire
Superlative	is géagleabhaire

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
géagleabhair	ghéagleabhair	ngéagleabhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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