Gabúnach

Irish

Etymology

From an Ghabúin (“Gabon”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Gabúnach (genitive singular masculine Gabúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Gabúnaí, plural Gabúnacha, not comparable)

  1. Gabonese

Declension

Declension of Gabúnach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Gabúnach Ghabúnach Gabúnacha;
Ghabúnacha2
vocative Ghabúnaigh Gabúnacha
genitive Gabúnaí Gabúnacha Gabúnach
dative Gabúnach;
Ghabúnach1 		Ghabúnach;
Ghabúnaigh (archaic) 		Gabúnacha;
Ghabúnacha2
Comparative níos Gabúnaí
Superlative is Gabúnaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Gabúnach m (genitive singular Gabúnaigh, nominative plural Gabúnaigh)

  1. a Gabonese person

Declension

Declension of Gabúnach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh
vocative a Ghabúnaigh a Ghabúnacha
genitive Gabúnaigh Gabúnach
dative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Gabúnach na Gabúnaigh
genitive an Ghabúnaigh na nGabúnach
dative leis an nGabúnach
don Ghabúnach 		leis na Gabúnaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gabúnach
radical lenition eclipsis
Gabúnach Ghabúnach nGabúnach

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

Further reading

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