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Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
gúnga m (genitive singular gúnga, nominative plural gúngaí)
- posterior
- Synonyms: tiarpa, tóin
- loins
- Synonyms: luain, áranna, leasrach
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gúnga
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ghúnga
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ngúnga
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- “gúnga”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúnga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gúnga”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gúnga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN