geansaí

See also: Geansaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English guernsey (compare Scottish Gaelic geansaidh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟanˠsˠiː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈɟænʲsˠiː/

Noun

geansaí m (genitive singular geansaí, nominative plural geansaithe or geansaíocha)

1. sweater, jersey, jumper, guernsey

Declension

Declension of geansaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative geansaí geansaithe vocative a gheansaí a gheansaithe genitive geansaí geansaithe dative geansaí geansaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an geansaí na geansaithe genitive an gheansaí na ngeansaithe dative leis an ngeansaí don gheansaí leis na geansaithe

• Alternative plural: geansaíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• geansaí Árann m, geansaí Árannach m (“Aran jumper”)
• geansaí buí m (“yellow jersey”)

 

Descendants

• → English: gansey
  • → Bengali: গেঞ্জি (genji)
  • → Gujarati: ગંજી (gañjī)
  • → Hindi: गंजी (gañjī)

Mutation

Mutated forms of geansaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
geansaí	gheansaí	ngeansaí

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) “geansaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “geansaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “geansaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024