Gaimbiach

Irish

Etymology

From an Ghaimbia (“Gambia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Gaimbiach (genitive singular masculine Gaimbiaigh, genitive singular feminine Gaimbiaiche, plural Gaimbiacha, not comparable)

  1. Gambian

Declension

Declension of Gaimbiach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Gaimbiach Ghaimbiach Gaimbiacha;
Ghaimbiacha2
vocative Ghaimbiach Gaimbiacha
genitive Gaimbiaiche Gaimbiacha Gaimbiach
dative Gaimbiach;
Ghaimbiach1 		Ghaimbiach Gaimbiacha;
Ghaimbiacha2
Comparative níos Gaimbiaiche
Superlative is Gaimbiaiche

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

Noun

Gaimbiach m (genitive singular Gaimbiaigh, nominative plural Gaimbiaigh)

  1. Gambian person

Declension

Declension of Gaimbiach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Gaimbiach Gaimbiaigh
vocative a Ghaimbiaigh a Ghaimbiacha
genitive Gaimbiaigh Gaimbiach
dative Gaimbiach Gaimbiaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Gaimbiach na Gaimbiaigh
genitive an Ghaimbiaigh na nGaimbiach
dative leis an nGaimbiach
don Ghaimbiach 		leis na Gaimbiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaimbiach
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaimbiach Ghaimbiach nGaimbiach

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

Further reading

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