Gabúin

Irish

Etymology

From French Gabon, from Portuguese Gabão, specialized use of gabão (“cloak”).

Proper noun

An Ghabúin f (genitive na Gabúine)

  1. Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
    Synonym: Poblacht na Gabúine

Declension

Declension of Gabúin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Gabúin
vocative a Ghabúin
genitive Gabúine
dative Gabúin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Ghabúin
genitive na Gabúine
dative leis an nGabúin
don Ghabúin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gabúin
radical lenition eclipsis
Gabúin Ghabúin nGabúin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “Gabon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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