"geis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɛʃ/ Forms: geises [plural], geasa [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Etymology: From Irish geis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|geis}} Irish geis Head templates: {{en-noun|+|geasa}} geis (plural geises or geasa)
  1. Synonym of geas (“a mystical injunction: a prohibition, or obligation/compulsion”) Synonyms: geas [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-geis-en-noun-WRF64Y35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} geis
  1. plural of gei Tags: form-of, plural Form of: gei
    Sense id: en-geis-en-noun-rU2-sv0G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|noun form}} geis
  1. inessive singular of gei Wikipedia link: geas Tags: form-of, inessive, singular Form of: gei
    Sense id: en-geis-et-noun-OGMjGkCR Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Irish]

IPA: /ɟɛʃ/
Etymology: From Old Irish geis, from the same root as guidid (“prays”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*gʷʰedʰ-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|geis}} Old Irish geis, {{m|sga|guidid|t=prays}} guidid (“prays”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|geise|||||||nominative plural|geasa|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} geis f (genitive singular geise, nominative plural geasa), {{ga-noun|f|~e|geasa}} geis f (genitive singular geise, nominative plural geasa) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|g|eis|eise|genpl=eas|pl=easa}} Forms: geise [genitive, singular], geasa [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], geis [indefinite, nominative, singular], geasa [indefinite, nominative, plural], a gheis [indefinite, singular, vocative], a gheasa [indefinite, plural, vocative], geise [genitive, indefinite, singular], geas [genitive, indefinite, plural], geis [dative, indefinite, singular], geasa [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an gheis [definite, nominative, singular], na geasa [definite, nominative, plural], na geise [definite, genitive, singular], na ngeas [definite, genitive, plural], leis an ngeis [dative, definite, singular], don gheis [dative, definite, singular], leis na geasa [dative, definite, plural]
  1. a solemn injunction, especially of a magical kind, the infringement of which led to misfortune or even death Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-geis-ga-noun-eL6lLxe0
  2. a tabu, spell or prohibition Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-geis-ga-noun-6RJQtDw5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: geas

Noun [Irish]

IPA: /ɟɛʃ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], geis [mutation, mutation-radical], gheis [lenition, mutation], ngeis [eclipsis, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish geis, from the same root as guidid (“prays”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*gʷʰedʰ-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|geis}} Old Irish geis, {{m|sga|guidid|t=prays}} guidid (“prays”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun form|g=f-s}} geis f sg Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. (archaic or dialectal) dative singular of geas Tags: archaic, dative, dialectal, feminine, form-of, singular Form of: geas Categories (topical): Irish mythology
    Sense id: en-geis-ga-noun-LN22E-Xc Disambiguation of Irish mythology: 19 17 63 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 26 52 Disambiguation of Irish entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: geas

Noun [Occitan]

Head templates: {{head|oc|noun|g=m}} geis m
  1. plaster (substance) Wikipedia link: geas Tags: masculine Synonyms: gip Derived forms: engeissar
    Sense id: en-geis-oc-noun-nh8TJ0t3 Categories (other): Occitan entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Scottish Gaelic]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], geis [mutation, mutation-radical], gheis [lenition, mutation]
Head templates: {{head|gd|noun form|g=f}} geis f Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|g|eis}}
  1. genitive singular of geas Wikipedia link: geas Tags: feminine, form-of, genitive, singular Form of: geas
    Sense id: en-geis-gd-noun-XEaIK~Wm Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Vandalic]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|xvn|gem-pro|*gaizaz}} Proto-Germanic *gaizaz Head templates: {{head|xvn|noun|g=m}} *geis m
  1. spear Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: gais Derived forms: Gaisarīx (alt: alternatively from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks), Euageis, Oageis
    Sense id: en-geis-xvn-noun-jyzJNrGW Categories (other): Vandalic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[In] 36a we read that there was (19) a geis upon ships to leave the 'port' of Athens till someone had defeated Atalanta in a running race. The nature and function of the geis that lay upon objects appears to better advantage, however, in one of the stories about Ailill Dock-Ear.",
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    {
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          "ref": "1933, John Revell Reinhard, The Survival of Geis in Mediaeval Romance, page 58",
          "text": "[In] 36a we read that there was (19) a geis upon ships to leave the 'port' of Athens till someone had defeated Atalanta in a running race. The nature and function of the geis that lay upon objects appears to better advantage, however, in one of the stories about Ailill Dock-Ear.",
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          "ref": "1985, Elliott B. Gose, Jr., The World of the Irish Wonder Tale: An Introduction to the Study of Fairy Tales, University of Toronto Press",
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          "ref": "2016, Yasmine Galenorn, Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales, Fiddlehead Press",
          "text": "“I place a geis upon you, my son,” I rasped, my eyes burning with impending wrath. I pressed my palm to his chest and conjured my symbol, the mark which tied a Faelorehn life to my service.",
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          "text": "Before she died, she placed a geis upon me, that all the glamour I would ever be capable of possessing would gather in my hair. She did it so they wouldn't kill me, too, but because of that, I have never been free."
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Vandalic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vandalic lemmas",
        "Vandalic masculine nouns",
        "Vandalic nouns",
        "Vandalic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Vandalic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spear"
      ],
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          "spear"
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}
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