Gabúnach

Irish

Etymology

From an Ghabúin (“Gabon”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Gabúnach (genitive singular masculine Gabúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Gabúnaí, plural Gabúnacha, not comparable)

1. Gabonese

Declension

Declension of Gabúnach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Gabúnach	Ghabúnach	Gabúnacha; Ghabúnacha2
vocative	Ghabúnaigh		Gabúnacha
genitive		Gabúnaí	Gabúnacha	Gabúnach
dative	Gabúnach; Ghabúnach1	Ghabúnach; Ghabúnaigh (archaic)	Gabúnacha; Ghabúnacha2
Comparative	níos Gabúnaí
Superlative	is Gabúnaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Poblacht na Gabúine (“the Gabonese Republic”)

Noun

Gabúnach m (genitive singular Gabúnaigh, nominative plural Gabúnaigh)

1. a Gabonese person

Declension

Declension of Gabúnach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh vocative a Ghabúnaigh a Ghabúnacha genitive Gabúnaigh Gabúnach dative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Gabúnach na Gabúnaigh genitive an Ghabúnaigh na nGabúnach dative leis an nGabúnach don Ghabúnach leis na Gabúnaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gabúnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Gabúnach	Ghabúnach	nGabúnach

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

Further reading

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