gaíon

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

gaíon m (genitive singular gaín)

  1. (archaeology, geology) subsoil, undersoil
    Synonym: fo-ithir

Declension

Declension of gaíon (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gaíon
vocative a ghaín
genitive gaín
dative gaíon
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gaíon
genitive an ghaín
dative leis an ngaíon
don ghaíon

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaíon
radical lenition eclipsis
gaíon ghaíon ngaíon

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

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