gionach

Irish

Etymology

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

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

  1. open-mouthed
  2. greedy, voracious

Declension
Declension of gionach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gionach ghionach gionacha;
ghionacha²
Vocative ghionaigh gionacha
Genitive gionaí gionacha gionach
Dative gionach;
ghionach¹		 ghionach;
ghionaigh (archaic)		 gionacha;
ghionacha²
Comparative níos gionaí
Superlative is gionaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

gionach f (genitive singular gionaí)

  1. ravenous hunger; greed, voracity

Declension
Declension of gionach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gionach
Vocative a ghionach
Genitive gionaí
Dative gionach

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghionach
Genitive na gionaí
Dative leis an ngionach

don ghionach

Mutation
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲinəx/

Adjective

gionach (genitive singular feminine giniche, comparative giniche)

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

Synonyms

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

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “gionach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ginach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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