guingeám

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English gingham, from Malay genggang.

Noun

guingeám m (genitive singular guingeáim)

  1. gingham

Declension

Declension of guingeám (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative guingeám
vocative a ghuingeáim
genitive guingeáim
dative guingeám
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an guingeám
genitive an ghuingeáim
dative leis an nguingeám
don ghuingeám

Mutation

Mutated forms of guingeám
radical lenition eclipsis
guingeám ghuingeám nguingeám

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

Further reading

  • gingham”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025