gainéad

Irish

Alternative forms

• gainnéad
• gainneán, gainéan (Ulster)

Etymology

Borrowed from English gannet.

Noun

gainéad m (genitive singular gainéid, nominative plural gainéid)

1. gannet

   Synonym: ogastún

Declension

Declension of gainéad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gainéad gainéid vocative a ghainéid a ghainéada genitive gainéid gainéad dative gainéad gainéid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gainéad na gainéid genitive an ghainéid na ngainéad dative leis an ngainéad don ghainéad leis na gainéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of gainéad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gainéad	ghainéad	ngainéad

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) “gainéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gannet”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024