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géiss

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See also: geiss, Geiss, and Geiß

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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géiss

  1. inflection of géissen:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old Irish

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géiss

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *gansis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (goose).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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géiss f (nominative plural géissi)

  1. swan
    • Glosses in Regina No. 215, 102b, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, p. 2:
      géissi glosses coantes (in a gloss of Baruch 6:21(22), where the manuscript is faulty; the Vulgate actually has cattae (cats) and it isn’t clear what Latin word the Irish glossator thought this was, but he interpreted it as ‘swans’)

Inflection

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Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative géiss géissL géissiH
Vocative géiss géissL géissiH
Accusative géissN géissL géissiH
Genitive géssoH, géssaH géssoH, géssaH géisseN
Dative géissL géissib géissib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of géiss
radical lenition nasalization
géiss géiss
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngéiss

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

Further reading

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