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geac

geac

Irish

Etymology 1

From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

geac m (genitive singular geac, nominative plural geacanna)

  1. yak

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geac gheac ngeac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Noun

ġēac m (nominative plural ġēacas)

  1. cuckoo
    geac monað geomran reorde. The cucko yearns with a sad voice. (‘The Seafarer’)

Derived terms