geis

See also: géis

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɛʃ/

Etymology 1

Noun

geis

plural of gei

Etymology 2

From the Irish geis.

Noun

geis (plural geises or geasa)

a solemn injunction

Anagrams

IESG, Iges, egis, gise

Irish

Alternative forms

geas

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)

a solemn injunction, especially of a magical kind, the infringement of which led to misfortune or even death
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

(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

“geas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"geis" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Occitan

Noun

geis m

plaster (substance)

Synonyms

gip

Derived terms

engeissar

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

geis f

genitive singular of geas

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