gainéan

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gainéan m (genitive singular gainéin, nominative plural gainéin)

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

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gainéan ghainéan ngainéan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

Further reading

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