gainéad

Irish

Alternative forms

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gainéad ghainéad ngainéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
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