gionach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ginach, ginech, genech, genach (“greedy, gaping; greed, voracity”), from giun (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”).

Adjective

gionach (genitive singular masculine gionaigh, genitive singular feminine gionaí, plural gionacha, comparative gionaí)

  1. open-mouthed
  2. greedy, voracious

Declension

Declension of gionach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gionach ghionach gionacha;
ghionacha2
vocative ghionaigh gionacha
genitive gionaí gionacha gionach
dative gionach;
ghionach1 		ghionach;
ghionaigh (archaic) 		gionacha;
ghionacha2
Comparative níos gionaí
Superlative is gionaí

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

Noun

gionach f (genitive singular gionaí)

  1. ravenous hunger; greed, voracity

Declension

Declension of gionach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gionach
vocative a ghionach
genitive gionaí
dative gionach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghionach
genitive na gionaí
dative leis an ngionach
don ghionach

Mutation

Mutated forms of gionach
radical lenition eclipsis
gionach ghionach ngionach

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ginach, ginech, genech, genach (“greedy, gaping”), from giun (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲinəx/

Adjective

gionach (genitive singular feminine giniche, comparative giniche)

  1. greedy, avaricious, gluttonous
  2. ravenous, voracious, avid, keen
    leughadair gionach ― an avid reader
  3. appetised
  4. ambitious
  5. keen

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of gionach
radical lenition
gionach ghionach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gionach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ginach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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