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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh
Vocative a Ghabúnaigh a Ghabúnacha
Genitive Gabúnaigh Gabúnach
Dative Gabúnach Gabúnaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Gabúnach na Gabúnaigh
Genitive an Ghabúnaigh na nGabúnach
Dative leis an nGabúnach

don Ghabúnach

 leis na Gabúnaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Gabúnach Ghabúnach nGabúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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