Guáin

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Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ghuáin f (genitive na Guáine)

  1. Guyana (a country in South America; official name: Comharphoblacht na Guáine)

Declension

Declension of Guáin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Guáin
vocative a Ghuáin
genitive Guáine
dative Guáin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Ghuáin
genitive na Guáine
dative leis an nGuáin
don Ghuáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Guáin
radical lenition eclipsis
Guáin Ghuáin nGuáin

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

Further reading

  • “Guyana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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