geac

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟak/

Noun

geac m (genitive singular geac, nominative plural geacanna)

1. yak

Declension

Declension of geac (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative geac geacanna vocative a gheac a gheacanna genitive geac geacanna dative geac geacanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an geac na geacanna genitive an gheac na ngeacanna dative leis an ngeac don gheac leis na geacanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of geac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
geac	gheac	ngeac

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) “geac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “geac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “geac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġǣc, ġēc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gauk, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ͜ɑːk/

Noun

ġēac m

1. cuckoo
   • The Seafarer, line 53:

     Swylce geac monað  geomran reorde.

     So the cuckoo yearns with a sad voice.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġēac	ġēacas
accusative	ġēac	ġēacas
genitive	ġēaces	ġēaca
dative	ġēace	ġēacum

Derived terms

• ġēaces sūre

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝek, yek, yeke, ȝeac, ȝeke

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jack.

Noun

geac n (plural geacuri)

1. (nautical) jack (small national flag)

Declension

Declension of geac

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	geac	geacul		geacuri	geacurile
genitive-dative	geac	geacului		geacuri	geacurilor
vocative	geacule			geacurilor