guanó

See also: guano, Guano, and guáno

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.

Noun

guanó m (genitive singular guanó)

1. guano (dung from a sea bird or bat)

Declension

Declension of guanó (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative guanó vocative a ghuanó genitive guanó dative guanó forms with the definite article case singular nominative an guanó genitive an ghuanó dative leis an nguanó don ghuanó

Synonyms

• diuáin m

Mutation

Mutated forms of guanó

radical	lenition	eclipsis
guanó	ghuanó	nguanó

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) “guanó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN