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géag

géag

See also: geag

Irish

Noun

géag f ‎(genitive singular géige, nominative plural géaga)

branch, limb
(anatomy) arm; (of an animal) leg, (of starfish) ray
(of hair) tress
(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

Terms derived from géag

géagach, géagúil ‎(“branched, branching; long-limbed; (of hair) flowing, tressy”, adjective)
géagaigh ‎(“branch; spring”, verb)
géagáil f ‎(“act of holding arms, clinching”)

géagán m ‎(“small branch, limb; appendage; branch, extension; tall, slender boy/girl”)
géagchóras m ‎(“(of diagram, etc.) tree”)
géagláidir ‎(“strong-limbed”, adjective)

géagleabhair ‎(“slender-limbed”, adjective)
géagscaoilte ‎(“loose-limbed”, adjective)
gearrghéagach ‎(“short-limbed, short-armed”, adjective)

Related terms

crann
(arm): lámh
(branch): craobh
(leg): cos

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.

References

"géag" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“géc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.