gainéan

gainéan

Irish

Alternative forms

• gainneán, gainnéan

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnʲanˠ/[1]

Noun

gainéan m (genitive singular gainéin, nominative plural gainéin)

1. Ulster form of gainéad (“gannet”)
2. glutton

Declension

Declension of gainéan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gainéan gainéin Vocative a ghainéin a ghainéana Genitive gainéin gainéan Dative gainéan gainéin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gainéan na gainéin Genitive an ghainéin na ngainéan Dative leis an ngainéan don ghainéan leis na gainéin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gainéan	ghainéan	ngainéan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “gainnéan” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "gainéan" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34