Guáin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]An Ghuáin f (genitive na Guáine)
- Guyana (a country in South America; official name: Comharphoblacht na Guáine)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Guáin
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- Guáin na Fraince f (“French Guiana”)
- Guánach (“Guyanese”, adjective)
- Guánach m (“a Guyanese person”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- “Guyana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024