gainéan

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

gainéan m (genitive singular gainéin, nominative plural gainéin)

  1. Ulster form of gainéad (“gannet”)
  2. glutton

Declension

Declension of gainéan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gainéan gainéin
Vocative a ghainéin a ghainéana
Genitive gainéin gainéan
Dative gainéan gainéin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gainéan na gainéin
Genitive an ghainéin na ngainéan
Dative leis an ngainéan

don ghainéan

leis na gainéin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gainéan ghainéan ngainéan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

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