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 Post subject: Dún Géagáin
PostPosted: Sun 20 Aug 2017 6:33 am 
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Another place name in Kerry: Dún Géagáin. Am I correct that Géagáin is a genitive? What is the correct form of the connected nominative? Would that be Géagan? Does anyone have more information about the Géagan who gave his name to this place?

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PostPosted: Sun 20 Aug 2017 9:00 am 
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gch_nl wrote:
Another place name in Kerry: Dún Géagáin. Am I correct that Géagáin is a genitive? What is the correct form of the connected nominative? Would that be Géagan? Does anyone have more information about the Géagan who gave his name to this place?


nominative: Géagán.
Acc. to https://www.logainm.ie/en/22069 nothing is known about the person himself.
-án is a diminutive ending meaning "little ..."
For the meanings of géag see here:
http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/géag


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