guthán

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See also: guthan

Irish

Etymology

From guth (“voice”) +‎ -án (augmentative suffix).

Noun

guthán m (genitive singular gutháin, nominative plural gutháin)

telephone
Synonyms: teileafón, fón

Declension

Declension of guthán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guthán	gutháin
Vocative	a ghutháin	a ghuthána
Genitive	gutháin	guthán
Dative	guthán	gutháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an guthán	na gutháin
Genitive	an ghutháin	na nguthán
Dative	leis an nguthán don ghuthán	leis na gutháin

Derived terms

bosca gutháin (“call-box”)
cianghlaoch gutháin (“trunk-call”)
guthán cliste (“smart phone”)
guthán diaile (“dial-telephone”)
guthán póca (“cellular phone”)
guthánaíocht (“(act of) telephoning”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guthán	ghuthán	nguthán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guthán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

Entries containing “guthán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “guthán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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