Gaolainn

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gaolainn f (genitive Gaolainne)

  1. Alternative spelling of Gaelainn: Munster form of Gaeilge (“the Irish language”)

Declension

Declension of Gaolainn (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Gaolainn
vocative a Ghaolainn
genitive Gaolainne
dative Gaolainn
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Ghaolainn
genitive na Gaolainne
dative leis an nGaolainn
don Ghaolainn

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaolainn
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaolainn Ghaolainn nGaolainn

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

Further reading

  • Heinrich Wagner (1964) Linguistic Atlas and Survey of Irish Dialects, Reprinted edition, volume II. The Dialects of Munster, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1982, page 206
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gaolainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “Gaolainn”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [Nyūekusupuresu Purasu Airurando-go, New Express Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19
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