gainéad

Irish

Alternative forms

• gainnéad
• gainneán, gainéan (Ulster)

Etymology

Borrowed from English gannet.

Noun

gainéad m (genitive singular gainéid, nominative plural gainéid)

1. gannet

   Synonym: ogastún

Declension

Declension of gainéad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gainéad gainéid Vocative a ghainéid a ghainéada Genitive gainéid gainéad Dative gainéad gainéid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gainéad na gainéid Genitive an ghainéid na ngainéad Dative leis an ngainéad don ghainéad leis na gainéid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gainéad	ghainéad	ngainéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gainéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gannet”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024