geac

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟak/

Noun

geac m (genitive singular geac, nominative plural geacanna)

  1. yak

Declension

Declension of geac (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative geac geacanna
vocative a gheac a gheacanna
genitive geac geacanna
dative geac geacanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an geac na geacanna
genitive an gheac na ngeacanna
dative leis an ngeac
don gheac 		leis na geacanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of geac
radical lenition eclipsis
geac gheac ngeac

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

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gauk, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæ͜ɑːk/

Noun

ġēac m

  1. cuckoo
    • The Seafarer, line 53:
      Swylce geac monað  geomran reorde.
      So the cuckoo yearns with a sad voice.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġēac ġēacas
accusative ġēac ġēacas
genitive ġēaces ġēaca
dative ġēace ġēacum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: ȝek, yek, yeke, ȝeac, ȝeke

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jack.

Noun

geac n (plural geacuri)

  1. (nautical) jack (small national flag)

Declension

Declension of geac
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative geac geacul geacuri geacurile
genitive-dative geac geacului geacuri geacurilor
vocative geacule geacurilor
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