gaíon

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

gaíon m (genitive singular gaín)

1. (archaeology, geology) subsoil, undersoil

   Synonym: fo-ithir

Declension

Declension of gaíon (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gaíon vocative a ghaín genitive gaín dative gaíon forms with the definite article case singular nominative an gaíon genitive an ghaín dative leis an ngaíon don ghaíon

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaíon

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gaíon	ghaíon	ngaíon

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) “gaíon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gaíon”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gaíon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024