gné

See also: gnè and gnę

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gné, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ɟnʲeː/
(Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲeː/

Noun

gné f (genitive singular gné, nominative plural gnéithe)

kind, species
form, appearance
aspect, dimension
Synonym: diminsean
element
Synonyms: eilimint, mír

Declension

Declension of gné (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	gné	gnéithe
vocative	a ghné	a ghnéithe
genitive	gné	gnéithe
dative	gné	gnéithe

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an ghné	na gnéithe
genitive	na gné	na ngnéithe
dative	leis an ngné don ghné	leis na gnéithe

Derived terms

aonghnéitheach
aonghnéitheacht
gnéchlár
gnéitheach
gnéitheacht
gnéithigh
gnéúil
ilghnéitheach

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gné*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gné	ghné	ngné

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) “gné”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gné”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“gné”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

Old Irish

Noun

gné n

kind, sort
form

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gné^N	gné^N	gnée^L
vocative	gné^N	gné^N	gnée^L
accusative	gné^N	gné^N	gnée^L
genitive	gnée^L	gnée	gnée^N
dative	gné^L	gnéib	gnéib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: gné f
- Irish: gné
- Scottish Gaelic: gnè

Mutation

Mutation of *gné*
radical	lenition	nasalization
gné	gné pronounced with /ɣʲ-/	ngné

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gné”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language