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]

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

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

Declension of géag

Second declension

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

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

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 (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133

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, 2013-2024