gainéan

Irish

Alternative forms

• gainneán, gainnéan

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnʲanˠ/

Noun

gainéan m (genitive singular gainéin, nominative plural gainéin)

1. Ulster form of gainéad (“gannet”)
2. glutton

Declension

Declension of gainéan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gainéan gainéin vocative a ghainéin a ghainéana genitive gainéin gainéan dative gainéan gainéin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gainéan na gainéin genitive an ghainéin na ngainéan dative leis an ngainéan don ghainéan leis na gainéin

Mutation

Mutated forms of gainéan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gainéan	ghainéan	ngainéan

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gainnéan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gainéan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN