Guáin

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ghuáin f (genitive na Guáine)

1. Guyana (a country in South America; official name: Comharphoblacht na Guáine)

Declension

Declension of Guáin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Guáin Vocative a Ghuáin Genitive Guáine Dative Guáin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ghuáin Genitive na Guáine Dative leis an nGuáin don Ghuáin

Derived terms

• Guáin na Fraince f (“French Guiana”)
• Guánach (“Guyanese”, adjective)
• Guánach m (“a Guyanese person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Guáin	Ghuáin	nGuáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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