gionach

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”).

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

1. open-mouthed
2. greedy, voracious

gionach f (genitive singular gionaí)

1. ravenous hunger; greed, voracity

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gionach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ginach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲinəx/

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

• (greedy): sanntach
• (ravenous): craosach
• (ambitious): dian-thograch

• 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