gúna

See also: guna, Guna, günä, and guṇa

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gúna (“gown; outer tunic or dress”), 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːn̪ˠə/, /ˈɡuːnˠə/

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

• fo-ghúna (“slip”)
• gúna breithimh (“judge's robe”)
• gúna damhsa (“ball gown”)
• gúna oíche (“nightdress, nightie”)
• gúna ollaimh (“professor's gown”)
• gúna pósta (“wedding dress”)
• gúna tí (“housecoat”)
• gúna tráthnóna (“evening gown”)
• gúnadóir (“dressmaker”)

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.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gúna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gúna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gúna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN