gionach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish ginach, ginech, genech, genach (“greedy, gaping; greed, voracity”), from gi(u)n (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”).
Adjective
editgionach (genitive singular masculine gionaigh, genitive singular feminine gionaí, plural gionacha, comparative gionaí)
Declension
editSingular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gionach | ghionach | gionacha; ghionacha² | |
Vocative | ghionaigh | gionacha | ||
Genitive | gionaí | gionacha | gionach | |
Dative | gionach; ghionach¹ |
ghionach; ghionaigh (archaic) |
gionacha; ghionacha² | |
Comparative | níos gionaí | |||
Superlative | is gionaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
editgionach f (genitive singular gionaí)
Declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gionach | ghionach | ngionach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gionach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ginach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish ginach, ginech, genech, genach (“greedy, gaping”), from gi(u)n (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgionach (genitive singular feminine giniche, comparative giniche)
- greedy, avaricious, gluttonous
- ravenous, voracious, avid, keen
- leughadair gionach ― an avid reader
- appetised
- ambitious
- keen
Synonyms
edit- (greedy): sanntach
- (ravenous): craosach
- (ambitious): dian-thograch
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
gionach | ghionach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “gionach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ginach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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