géagán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • geugán (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish gécán.[2] By surface analysis, géag +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟeːɡɑːnˠ/[3], /ˈɟeːɡɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

géagán m (genitive singular géagáin, nominative plural géagáin)

  1. diminutive of géag: small branch
  2. (anatomy) appendage (external body part; natural prolongation or projection), limb
  3. (rail transport) extension of a railway line

Declension

Declension of géagán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative géagán géagáin
vocative a ghéagáin a ghéagána
genitive géagáin géagán
dative géagán géagáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an géagán na géagáin
genitive an ghéagáin na ngéagán
dative leis an ngéagán
don ghéagán 		leis na géagáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of géagán
radical lenition eclipsis
géagán ghéagán ngéagán

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

References

  1. ^ “géagán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gécán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133

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