Irish
- geangc, geannc (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Noun
geanc f (genitive singular geince, nominative plural geanca)
- snub nose
Declension
Declension of geanc (second declension)
| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an gheanc
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na geanca
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| genitive
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na geince
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na ngeanc
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| dative
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leis an ngeanc leis an ngeinc (archaic, dialectal) don gheanc don gheinc (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na geanca
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Mutation
Mutated forms of geanc
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| geanc
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gheanc
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ngeanc
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “geanc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geannc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 356
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geanc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22