gúna

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See also: guna, Guna, günä, and guṇa

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gúna (gown; outer tunic or dress),[1] borrowed from Anglo-Norman gune, goune (fur-trimmed coat, pelisse), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (leather garment, a fur). Cognate with Manx gooyn, English gown.

Pronunciation

Noun

gúna m (genitive singular gúna, nominative plural gúnaí)

  1. gown, (woman's) dress, frock
  2. robe, gown
    Synonym: róba

Declension

Declension of gúna (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gúna gúnaí
vocative a ghúna a ghúnaí
genitive gúna gúnaí
dative gúna gúnaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gúna na gúnaí
genitive an ghúna na ngúnaí
dative leis an ngúna
don ghúna
leis na gúnaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gúna
radical lenition eclipsis
gúna ghúna ngúna

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 131

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