gnú

See also: gnu, Gnu, GNU, and gnû

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism, via English gnu, from Khoekhoe ǃnu:.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡnuː]
• Rhymes: -nuː
• Hyphenation: gnú
• Homophone: GNU

Noun

gnú (plural gnúk)

1. gnu, wildebeest (a large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having curved horns)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	gnú	gnúk
accusative	gnút	gnúkat
dative	gnúnak	gnúknak
instrumental	gnúval	gnúkkal
causal-final	gnúért	gnúkért
translative	gnúvá	gnúkká
terminative	gnúig	gnúkig
essive-formal	gnúként	gnúkként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gnúban	gnúkban
superessive	gnún	gnúkon
adessive	gnúnál	gnúknál
illative	gnúba	gnúkba
sublative	gnúra	gnúkra
allative	gnúhoz	gnúkhoz
elative	gnúból	gnúkból
delative	gnúról	gnúkról
ablative	gnútól	gnúktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	gnúé	gnúké
non-attributive possessive – plural	gnúéi	gnúkéi

Possessive forms of gnú

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gnúm	gnúim
2nd person sing.	gnúd	gnúid
3rd person sing.	gnúja	gnúi
1st person plural	gnúnk	gnúink
2nd person plural	gnútok	gnúitok
3rd person plural	gnújuk	gnúik

Derived terms

• csíkos gnú
• fehérfarkú gnú

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

gnú m (genitive singular gnú, nominative plural gnúnna)

1. gnu

Declension

Declension of gnú (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative gnú gnúnna vocative a ghnú a ghnúnna genitive gnú gnúnna dative gnú gnúnna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an gnú na gnúnna genitive an ghnú na ngnúnna dative leis an ngnú don ghnú leis na gnúnna

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gnú	ghnú	ngnú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.