gionach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ginach, ginech, genech, genach (greedy, gaping; greed, voracity), from gi(u)n (mouth), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (cheek, jaw, chin). Compare Welsh gen (cheek, chin).

Adjective

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gionach (genitive singular masculine gionaigh, genitive singular feminine gionaí, plural gionacha, comparative gionaí)

  1. open-mouthed
  2. greedy, voracious

Declension

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Noun

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gionach f (genitive singular gionaí)

  1. ravenous hunger; greed, voracity

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gionach ghionach ngionach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ginach, ginech, genech, genach (greedy, gaping), from gi(u)n (mouth), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (cheek, jaw, chin). Compare Welsh gen (cheek, chin).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gionach (genitive singular feminine giniche, comparative giniche)

  1. greedy, avaricious, gluttonous
  2. ravenous, voracious, avid, keen
    leughadair gionachan avid reader
  3. appetised
  4. ambitious
  5. keen

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gionach ghionach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gionach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ginach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language