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gion.

mouth

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. mouth

    literary · masculine

  2. point or edge of a sword

    literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish giun, from Proto-Celtic *genus (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Cognate with Welsh gên (“cheek”), English chin, Sanskrit हनु॑ (hánu), Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Tocharian A śanweṃ (“jaws”, dual).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.