gnaoi

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gnaí, from Old Irish gnoë.

Pronunciation

Noun

gnaoi f (genitive singular gnaoi, nominative plural gnaoithe)

  1. good looks, beauty
  2. pleasure
  3. liking

Declension

Declension of gnaoi (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gnaoi gnaoithe
vocative a ghnaoi a ghnaoithe
genitive gnaoi gnaoithe
dative gnaoi gnaoithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghnaoi na gnaoithe
genitive na gnaoi na ngnaoithe
dative leis an ngnaoi
don ghnaoi 		leis na gnaoithe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnaoi
radical lenition eclipsis
gnaoi ghnaoi ngnaoi

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, page 46

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