gearr-aighneas

Irish

Etymology

gearr- (“curt, abrupt”) +‎ aighneas (“talk, chatter”)

Noun

gearr-aighneas m (genitive singular gearr-aighnis)

1. backchat; impudence

Declension

Declension of gearr-aighneas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gearr-aighneas vocative a ghearr-aighnis genitive gearr-aighnis dative gearr-aighneas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an gearr-aighneas genitive an ghearr-aighnis dative leis an ngearr-aighneas don ghearr-aighneas

Derived terms

• gearr-aighneasóir m (“argumentative, impudent person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearr-aighneas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearr-aighneas	ghearr-aighneas	ngearr-aighneas

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearr-aighneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN