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geata

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *geta, from Middle English ȝeat, from Old English ġeat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geata m (genitive singular geata, nominative plural geataí)

  1. gate

Declension

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Declension of geata (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative geata geataí
vocative a gheata a gheataí
genitive geata geataí
dative geata geataí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an geata na geataí
genitive an gheata na ngeataí
dative leis an ngeata
don gheata
leis na geataí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of geata
radical lenition eclipsis
geata gheata ngeata

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

References

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  1. ^ geata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 312, page 110

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *geta, from Middle English ȝeat, from Old English ġeat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geata m (genitive singular geata, plural geatachan or geataichean or geatan)

  1. gate

Further reading

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