geataire

Irish

Alternative forms

  • geaftaire, geaitire, geatra, geitire, giotaire

Etymology

From Middle Irish getal (“rush, broom”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

geataire m (genitive singular geataire, nominative plural geatairí)

  1. long rush
  2. rushlight, rush candle
  3. person of slight build
  4. small missile

Declension

Declension of geataire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative geataire geatairí
vocative a gheataire a gheatairí
genitive geataire geatairí
dative geataire geatairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an geataire na geatairí
genitive an gheataire na ngeatairí
dative leis an ngeataire
don gheataire 		leis na geatairí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of geataire
radical lenition eclipsis
geataire gheataire ngeataire

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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