geataire

Irish

Alternative forms

• geaftaire, geaitire, geatra, geitire, giotaire

Etymology

From Middle Irish getal (“rush, broom”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

geataire m (genitive singular geataire, nominative plural geatairí)

1. long rush
2. rushlight, rush candle
3. person of slight build
4. small missile

Declension

Declension of geataire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative geataire geatairí vocative a gheataire a gheatairí genitive geataire geatairí dative geataire geatairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an geataire na geatairí genitive an gheataire na ngeatairí dative leis an ngeataire don gheataire leis na geatairí

Derived terms

• Pilib an gheataire

Mutation

Mutated forms of geataire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
geataire	gheataire	ngeataire

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

Further reading

• “geataire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “getal, gedal, gétal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geataire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 358
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geataire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN