géag

See also: geag

Irish

Alternative forms

geug (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish géc, from Proto-Celtic *kankā (compare Scottish Gaelic geug).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟiːa̯ɡ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟeːɡ/

Noun

géag f (genitive singular géige, nominative plural géaga)

branch, bough, limb (of a tree)
Synonym: craobh
limb (major appendage of human or animal)
ray (of a starfish)
tress (of hair)
(genealogy) genealogical branch; offshoot, offspring; scion, (young) person
image of girl (made for festival)

Declension

Declension of géag

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	géag	géaga
Vocative	a ghéag	a ghéaga
Genitive	géige	géag
Dative	géag géig (archaic, dialectal)	géaga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ghéag	na géaga
Genitive	na géige	na ngéag
Dative	leis an ngéag leis an ngéig (archaic, dialectal) don ghéag don ghéig (archaic, dialectal)	leis na géaga

Derived terms

géagach
géagaigh
géagáil (“act of holding arms, clinching”)
géagán
géagchóras
géagláidir
géagleabhair (“slender-limbed”)
géagscaoilte
géagúil
gearrghéagach
muirghéag (“arm of the sea”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
géag	ghéag	ngéag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “géc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “géag”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 354
Entries containing “géag” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “géag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24

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