Luxembourgish

Verb

géiss

1. inflection of géissen:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old Irish

géiss

Alternative forms

• géis

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gansis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans- ‎(“goose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲeːsʲ/

Noun

géiss f ‎(nominative plural géissi)

1. swan
   • Glosses in Regina No. 215, 102^b, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, p. 2:

     géissi glosses coantes (in a gloss of Baruch 6:21(22), where the Vulgate actually has cattae ‎(“cats”); it isn’t clear what Latin word the Irish glossator thought this was, but he glossed it as ‘swans’)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

References

• “1 géis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.