geis

From Irish geis.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

geis (plural geises or geasa)

1. Synonym of geas (“a mystical injunction: a prohibition, or obligation/compulsion”).
   • 1933, John Revell Reinhard, The Survival of Geis in Mediaeval Romance, page 58:

     [In] 36a we read that there was (19) a geis upon ships to leave the 'port' of Athens till someone had defeated Atalanta in a running race. The nature and function of the geis that lay upon objects appears to better advantage, however, in one of the stories about Ailill Dock-Ear.

   • 1985, Elliott B. Gose, Jr., The World of the Irish Wonder Tale: An Introduction to the Study of Fairy Tales, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN:

     'In some cases a geis is imposed by one man upon another, often by means of a successful exploit, as when Cu Chulainn lays a geis upon the Connachtmen, binding them not to pass the ford until someone has removed the branch which he has ...

   • 1995, Risa Aratyr, Hunter of the Light, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     The púca scrunched up his face in puzzlement and rubbed his bald head. Glad he should be, his geis fulfilled and the Good God satisfied.

   • 2016, Yasmine Galenorn, Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales, Fiddlehead Press, →ISBN:

     “I place a geis upon you, my son,” I rasped, my eyes burning with impending wrath. I pressed my palm to his chest and conjured my symbol, the mark which tied a Faelorehn life to my service.

   • 2021, Alethea Kontis, et al., Once Upon A Wish: 16 Dreamy Faerie Tales, Fiddlehead Press (→ISBN):

     Before she died, she placed a geis upon me, that all the glamour I would ever be capable of possessing would gather in my hair. She did it so they wouldn't kill me, too, but because of that, I have never been free.

geis

1. plural of gei

• IESG, Iges, egis, gise

geis

1. inessive singular of gei

• geas

From Old Irish geis, from the same root as guidid (“prays”).

• IPA^(key): /ɟeʃ/

geis f (genitive singular geise, nominative plural geasa)

1. a solemn injunction, especially of a magical kind, the infringement of which led to misfortune or even death
2. a tabu, spell or prohibition

• 1974, Gerard Stockman, The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo, Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 69:

  ná bain le geis agus ní bhainfidh geis leat

  Do not bother with superstitions and superstitions will not bother you.

• → English: geas

geis f sg

1. (archaic or dialectal) dative singular of geas

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 358
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

geis m

1. plaster (substance)

   Synonym: gip

• engeissar

geis f

1. genitive singular of geas

geis m pl or f pl

1. plural of gei

geis m pl or f pl

1. plural of gei