Gabúnach

Irish

Etymology

From an Ghabúin (“Gabon”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Gabúnach (genitive singular masculine Gabúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Gabúnaí, plural Gabúnacha, not comparable)

1. Gabonese

Declension

Declension of Gabúnach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Gabúnach	Ghabúnach	Gabúnacha; Ghabúnacha²
Vocative	Ghabúnaigh		Gabúnacha
Genitive		Gabúnaí	Gabúnacha	Gabúnach
Dative	Gabúnach; Ghabúnach¹	Ghabúnach; Ghabúnaigh (archaic)	Gabúnacha; Ghabúnacha²
Comparative	níos Gabúnaí
Superlative	is Gabúnaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Poblacht na Gabúine (“the Gabonese Republic”)

Noun

Gabúnach m (genitive singular Gabúnaigh, nominative plural Gabúnaigh)

1. a Gabonese person

Declension

Declension of Gabúnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh Vocative a Ghabúnaigh a Ghabúnacha Genitive Gabúnaigh Gabúnach Dative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Gabúnach na Gabúnaigh Genitive an Ghabúnaigh na nGabúnach Dative leis an nGabúnach don Ghabúnach leis na Gabúnaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gabúnach	Ghabúnach	nGabúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gabúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN