geis

See also: géis

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛʃ/

Etymology 1

Noun

geis

  1. plural of gei

Etymology 2

From Irish geis.

Noun

geis (plural geises or geasa)

  1. a solemn injunction

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟɛʃ/

Noun

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

Declension
Declension of geis

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative geis geasa
Vocative a gheis a gheasa
Genitive geise geas
Dative geis geasa

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gheis na geasa
Genitive na geise na ngeas
Dative leis an ngeis

don gheis

 leis na geasa

Quotations
  • 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.

Noun

geis f sg

  1. (archaic or dialectal) dative singular of geas

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geis gheis ngeis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Occitan

Noun

geis m

  1. plaster (substance)
    Synonym: gip

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

geis f

  1. genitive singular of geas

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
geisgheis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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