gaige

See also: Gaige and gǎigé

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɟɪ/

Noun

gaige m (genitive singular gaige, nominative plural gaigí)

1. fop, dandy, beau, gallant

Declension

Declension of gaige (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gaige gaigí vocative a ghaige a ghaigí genitive gaige gaigí dative gaige gaigí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gaige na gaigí genitive an ghaige na ngaigí dative leis an ngaige don ghaige leis na gaigí

Derived terms

• gaigín
• gaigíocht
• gaigiúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaige

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gaige	ghaige	ngaige

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

Further reading

• “gaige”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy