guingeám

Irish

Alternative forms

• guingeán

Etymology

Borrowed from English gingham, from Malay genggang.

Noun

guingeám m (genitive singular guingeáim)

1. gingham

Declension

Declension of guingeám (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative guingeám vocative a ghuingeáim genitive guingeáim dative guingeám forms with the definite article case singular nominative an guingeám genitive an ghuingeáim dative leis an nguingeám don ghuingeám

Mutation

Mutated forms of guingeám

radical	lenition	eclipsis
guingeám	ghuingeám	nguingeám

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

Further reading

• “gingham”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024