"geis" meaning in Irish

See geis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 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) Forms: geise [genitive, singular], geasa [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [indefinite], geis [indefinite, singular], geasa [indefinite, plural], vocative [indefinite], a gheis [indefinite, singular], a gheasa [indefinite, plural], genitive [indefinite], geise [indefinite, singular], geas [indefinite, plural], dative [indefinite], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [definite], an gheis [definite, singular], na geasa [definite, plural], genitive [definite], na geise [definite, singular], na ngeas [definite, plural], dative [definite], leis an ngeis [definite, singular], don gheis [definite, singular], leis na geasa [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

IPA: /ɟɛʃ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], geis [error-unrecognized-form], gheis [error-unrecognized-form], ngeis [error-unrecognized-form]
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 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: 29 22 49 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 24 28 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: geas

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "declension",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: vocative",
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    "geis"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "geis",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: genitive",
  "path": [
    "geis"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "geis",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2457",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: dative",
  "path": [
    "geis"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "geis",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2457",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: nominative",
  "path": [
    "geis"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "geis",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2457",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: genitive",
  "path": [
    "geis"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "geis",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: dative",
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    "geis"
  ],
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: geis/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "geis"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "geis",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
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  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "geis",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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