gainéad

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English gannet.

Noun

gainéad m (genitive singular gainéid, nominative plural gainéid)

  1. gannet
    Synonym: ogastún

Declension

Declension of gainéad (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gainéad gainéid
vocative a ghainéid a ghainéada
genitive gainéid gainéad
dative gainéad gainéid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gainéad na gainéid
genitive an ghainéid na ngainéad
dative leis an ngainéad
don ghainéad 		leis na gainéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of gainéad
radical lenition eclipsis
gainéad ghainéad ngainéad

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gainéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “gannet”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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