gaineamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gainem (“sand, gravel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gaineamh m or f (genitive singular gainimh or gainmhe)

  1. sand

Declension

Declension of gaineamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gaineamh
vocative a ghainimh
genitive gainimh
dative gaineamh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gaineamh
genitive an ghainimh
dative leis an ngaineamh
don ghaineamh

Alternative declension, feminine

Declension of gaineamh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gaineamh
vocative a ghaineamh
genitive gainmhe
dative gaineamh
gainimh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghaineamh
genitive na gainmhe
dative leis an ngaineamh
leis an ngainimh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghaineamh
don ghainimh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaineamh
radical lenition eclipsis
gaineamh ghaineamh ngaineamh

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122

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