géagleabhair

Irish

Etymology

From géag (“limb”) +‎ leabhair (“long and slender”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɟeːɡl̠ʲəuɾʲ]

Adjective

géagleabhair (genitive singular masculine géagleabhair, genitive singular feminine géagleabhaire, plural géagleabhaire, comparative géagleabhaire)

  1. slender-limbed

Declension

Declension of géagleabhair
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative géagleabhair ghéagleabhair géagleabhaire;
ghéagleabhaire2
vocative ghéagleabhair géagleabhaire
genitive géagleabhaire géagleabhaire géagleabhair
dative géagleabhair;
ghéagleabhair1 		ghéagleabhair géagleabhaire;
ghéagleabhaire2
Comparative níos géagleabhaire
Superlative is géagleabhaire

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of géagleabhair
radical lenition eclipsis
géagleabhair ghéagleabhair ngéagleabhair

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

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