gainéan

Irish

Alternative forms

  • gainneán, gainnéan

Pronunciation

Noun

gainéan m (genitive singular gainéin, nominative plural gainéin)

  1. Ulster form of gainéad (“gannet”)
  2. glutton

Declension

Declension of gainéan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gainéan gainéin
vocative a ghainéin a ghainéana
genitive gainéin gainéan
dative gainéan gainéin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gainéan na gainéin
genitive an ghainéin na ngainéan
dative leis an ngainéan
don ghainéan 		leis na gainéin

Mutation

Mutated forms of gainéan
radical lenition eclipsis
gainéan ghainéan ngainéan

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 83, page 34

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gainnéad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 509; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gainéan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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