Guine

See also: Guiné, guiñe, and guiñé

Irish

Proper noun

An Ghuine f (genitive na Guine)

1. Guinea (a country in West Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Guine

Declension

Declension of Guine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Guine Vocative a Ghuine Genitive Guine Dative Guine

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ghuine Genitive na Guine Dative leis an nGuine don Ghuine

Derived terms

• cearc ghuine (“guinea-hen”)
• coileach guine (“guinea-cock”)
• Guine Mheánchiorclach, Guine Mheánchriosach (“Equatorial Guinea”)
• Guineach (“Guinean”, adjective)
• Guineach (“Guinean”, noun)
• muc ghuine (“guinea pig”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Guine	Ghuine	nGuine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Guine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “Guine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “an Ghuine” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.