geanc

Irish

Alternative forms

• geangc, geannc (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟɑuŋk/

Noun

geanc f (genitive singular geince, nominative plural geanca)

1. snub nose

Declension

Declension of geanc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative geanc geanca vocative a gheanc a gheanca genitive geince geanc dative geanc geinc (archaic, dialectal) geanca forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gheanc na geanca genitive na geince na ngeanc dative leis an ngeanc leis an ngeinc (archaic, dialectal) don gheanc don gheinc (archaic, dialectal) leis na geanca

Mutation

Mutated forms of geanc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
geanc	gheanc	ngeanc

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

Further reading

• “geanc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geannc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 356
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geanc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22