géag
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See also: geag
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish géc,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kankā (compare Scottish Gaelic geug).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]géag f (genitive singular géige, nominative plural géaga)
- branch, bough, limb (of a tree)
- Synonym: craobh
- limb (major appendage of human or animal)
- ray (of a starfish)
- tress (of hair)
- (genealogy) genealogical branch; offshoot, offspring; scion, (young) person
- image of girl (made for festival)
Declension
[edit]Declension of géag
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- géagach
- géagaigh
- géagáil (“act of holding arms, clinching”)
- géagán (“limb, appendage”)
- géagchóras (“tree of diagram, etc.”)
- géagláidir
- géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”)
- géagscaoilte
- géagúil
- gearrghéagach
- muirghéag (“arm of the sea”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| géag | ghéag | ngéag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “géag”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 354
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “géag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “géag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024