Gaimbiach

Irish

Etymology

From an Ghaimbia (“Gambia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Gaimbiach (genitive singular masculine Gaimbiaigh, genitive singular feminine Gaimbiaiche, plural Gaimbiacha, not comparable)

1. Gambian

Declension

Declension of Gaimbiach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Gaimbiach	Ghaimbiach	Gaimbiacha; Ghaimbiacha2
vocative	Ghaimbiach		Gaimbiacha
genitive		Gaimbiaiche	Gaimbiacha	Gaimbiach
dative	Gaimbiach; Ghaimbiach1	Ghaimbiach	Gaimbiacha; Ghaimbiacha2
Comparative	níos Gaimbiaiche
Superlative	is Gaimbiaiche

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 Gaimbia (“the Republic of Gambia”)

Noun

Gaimbiach m (genitive singular Gaimbiaigh, nominative plural Gaimbiaigh)

1. Gambian person

Declension

Declension of Gaimbiach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Gaimbiach Gaimbiaigh vocative a Ghaimbiaigh a Ghaimbiacha genitive Gaimbiaigh Gaimbiach dative Gaimbiach Gaimbiaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Gaimbiach na Gaimbiaigh genitive an Ghaimbiaigh na nGaimbiach dative leis an nGaimbiach don Ghaimbiach leis na Gaimbiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaimbiach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Gaimbiach	Ghaimbiach	nGaimbiach

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) “Gaimbiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN