géag

See also: geag

Irish

Alternative forms

• geug (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish géc,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *kankā (compare Scottish Gaelic geug).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟiːa̯ɡ/^[2]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟeːɡ/^[3], (South Donegal) [ɟɛə̯ɡ]^[4]

Noun

géag f (genitive singular géige, nominative plural géaga)

1. branch, bough, limb (of a tree)

   Synonym: craobh

2. limb (major appendage of human or animal)
3. ray (of a starfish)
4. tress (of hair)
5. (genealogy) genealogical branch; offshoot, offspring; scion, (young) person
6. image of girl (made for festival)

Declension

Declension of géag (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative géag géaga vocative a ghéag a ghéaga genitive géige géag dative géag géig (archaic, dialectal) géaga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghéag na géaga genitive na géige na ngéag dative leis an ngéag leis an ngéig (archaic, dialectal) don ghéag don ghéig (archaic, dialectal) leis na géaga

Derived terms

• 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

Mutated forms of géag

radical	lenition	eclipsis
géag	ghéag	ngéag

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

References

1. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 426, page 138

Further reading

• 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, 2013-2025