Guineach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Ghuine (“Guinea”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Guineach (genitive singular masculine Guinigh, genitive singular feminine Guiní, plural Guineacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Guineach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Guineach | Ghuineach | Guineacha; Ghuineacha² | |
Vocative | Ghuinigh | Guineacha | ||
Genitive | Guiní | Guineacha | Guineach | |
Dative | Guineach; Ghuineach¹ |
Ghuineach; Ghuinigh (archaic) |
Guineacha; Ghuineacha² | |
Comparative | níos Guiní | |||
Superlative | is Guiní |
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
[edit]- Poblacht na Guine (“the Republic of Guinea”)
Noun
[edit]Guineach m (genitive singular Guinigh, nominative plural Guinigh)
- Guinean person
Declension
[edit]Declension of Guineach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Guineach | Ghuineach | nGuineach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Guineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN