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geac
geac
Irish
Etymology 1
From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.
Noun
geac m (genitive singular geac, nominative plural geacanna)
Declension
Declension of geac
Fourth declension
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| geac | gheac | ngeac |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old English
Noun
ġēac m (nominative plural ġēacas)
- cuckoo
- geac monað geomran reorde. The cucko yearns with a sad voice. (‘The Seafarer’)