Gaimbia

Irish

Etymology

From English Gambia.

Proper noun

An Ghaimbia f (genitive na Gaimbia)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Gaimbia

Declension

Declension of Gaimbia (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Gaimbia vocative a Ghaimbia genitive Gaimbia dative Gaimbia forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Ghaimbia genitive na Gaimbia dative leis an nGaimbia don Ghaimbia

Derived terms

• Gaimbiach (“Gambian”, adjective)
• Gaimbiach m (“Gambian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaimbia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Gaimbia	Ghaimbia	nGaimbia

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

Further reading

• “Gambia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025