gearg

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəɡ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish gercc.[1]

Noun

gearg f (genitive singular geirge, nominative plural gearga)

  1. quail, common quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Declension
Declension of gearg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gearg gearga
vocative a ghearg a ghearga
genitive geirge gearg
dative gearg
geirg (archaic, dialectal) 		gearga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghearg na gearga
genitive na geirge na ngearg
dative leis an ngearg
leis an ngeirg (archaic, dialectal)
don ghearg
don gheirg (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na gearga

Etymology 2

Noun

gearg f (genitive singular geirge, nominative plural gearga)

  1. alternative form of gearb (“scab”)
Declension
Declension of gearg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gearg gearga
vocative a ghearg a ghearga
genitive geirge gearg
dative gearg
geirg (archaic, dialectal) 		gearga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghearg na gearga
genitive na geirge na ngearg
dative leis an ngearg
leis an ngeirg (archaic, dialectal)
don ghearg
don gheirg (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na gearga

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearg
radical lenition eclipsis
gearg ghearg ngearg

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gercc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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