gníomh

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See also: gnìomh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gním,[1] from Proto-Celtic *gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”). Akin to déan. Compare Scottish Gaelic gnìomh.

Pronunciation

Noun

gníomh m (genitive singular gnímh or gníomha, nominative plural gníomhartha or gníomha or gníomhra)

  1. doing, performing
  2. action
  3. act, deed
  4. (theater) act
  5. feat, exercise
  6. (law) fact
  7. (historical) A division of land equal to the twelfth part of a ploughland.

Declension

Declension of gníomh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gníomh gníomhartha
Vocative a ghnímh a ghníomhartha
Genitive gnímh gníomhartha
Dative gníomh gníomhartha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gníomh na gníomhartha
Genitive an ghnímh na ngníomhartha
Dative leis an ngníomh

don ghníomh

leis na gníomhartha

Alternative declension
Declension of gníomh

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gníomh gníomha
Vocative a ghníomh a ghníomha
Genitive gníomha gníomh
Dative gníomh gníomha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gníomh na gníomha
Genitive an ghníomha na ngníomh
Dative leis an ngníomh

don ghníomh

leis na gníomha

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: gneeve

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gníomh ghníomh ngníomh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 39, page 21
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 167, page 63

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