géagach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gécach (“branching, covered with boughs”), from géc (“branch, bough, limb”). By surface analysis, géag (“branch, limb; tress”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟeːɡəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟeːɡa(h)/

Adjective

géagach (genitive singular masculine géagaigh, genitive singular feminine géagaí, plural géagacha, comparative géagaí)

1. branched, branching
2. long-limbed (of human, animal)
3. flowing, tressy (of hair)

Declension

Declension of géagach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	géagach	ghéagach	géagacha; ghéagacha2
vocative	ghéagaigh		géagacha
genitive		géagaí	géagacha	géagach
dative	géagach; ghéagach1	ghéagach; ghéagaigh (archaic)	géagacha; ghéagacha2
Comparative	níos géagaí
Superlative	is géagaí

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

Synonyms

• géagúil

Derived terms

• géagachán m (“long-limbed, spare person”)
• moncaí géagach m (“spider monkey”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of géagach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
géagach	ghéagach	ngéagach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gécach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “géagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm