gúna
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish gúna (“gown; outer tunic or dress”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman gune, goune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gúna m (genitive singular gúna, nominative plural gúnaí)
Declension
Declension of gúna
Derived terms
- fo-ghúna (“slip”)
- gúna breithimh (“judge's robe”)
- gúna damhsa (“ball gown”)
- gúna oíche (“nightdress, nightie”)
- gúna ollaimh (“professor's gown”)
- gúna pósta (“wedding dress”)
- gúna tí (“housecoat”)
- gúna tráthnóna (“evening gown”)
- gúnadóir (“dressmaker”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gúna | ghúna | ngúna |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gúna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gúna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gúna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- Irish terms derived from Old French
- Irish terms derived from Late Latin
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
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