geansaí

See also: Geansaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English guernsey (compare Scottish Gaelic geansaidh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟanˠsˠiː/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɟænʲsˠiː/

Noun

geansaí m (genitive singular geansaí, nominative plural geansaithe or geansaíocha)

  1. sweater, jersey, jumper, guernsey

Declension

Declension of geansaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative geansaí geansaithe
vocative a gheansaí a gheansaithe
genitive geansaí geansaithe
dative geansaí geansaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an geansaí na geansaithe
genitive an gheansaí na ngeansaithe
dative leis an ngeansaí
don gheansaí 		leis na geansaithe

Derived terms

  • geansaí Árann m, geansaí Árannach m (“Aran jumper”)
  • geansaí buí m (“yellow jersey”)

Descendants

  • → English: gansey

Mutation

Mutated forms of geansaí
radical lenition eclipsis
geansaí gheansaí ngeansaí

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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