Guáin

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ghuáin f (genitive na Guáine)

1. Guyana (a country in South America; official name: Comharphoblacht na Guáine)

Declension

Declension of Guáin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Guáin vocative a Ghuáin genitive Guáine dative Guáin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Ghuáin genitive na Guáine dative leis an nGuáin don Ghuáin

Derived terms

• Guáin na Fraince f (“French Guiana”)
• Guánach (“Guyanese”, adjective)
• Guánach m (“a Guyanese person”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Guáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Guáin	Ghuáin	nGuáin

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

Further reading

• “Guyana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024