gúnga

See also: gunga and guņģa

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠuːŋ(ɡ)ə/, [ˈɡɾˠũːŋ(ɡ)ə][2] (corresponding to the form grúnga)

Noun

gúnga m (genitive singular gúnga, nominative plural gúngaí)

  1. posterior
    Synonyms: tiarpa, tóin
  2. loins
    Synonyms: luain, áranna, leasrach

Declension

Declension of gúnga (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gúnga gúngaí
vocative a ghúnga a ghúngaí
genitive gúnga gúngaí
dative gúnga gúngaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gúnga na gúngaí
genitive an ghúnga na ngúngaí
dative leis an ngúnga
don ghúnga 		leis na gúngaí

Derived terms

  • gúngach
  • gúngadán
  • gúngáil
  • gúngaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of gúnga
radical lenition eclipsis
gúnga ghúnga ngúnga

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

References

  1. ^ “gúnga”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 41, page 22

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