Gaimbiach

Irish

Etymology

From an Ghaimbia (“Gambia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Gaimbiach (genitive singular masculine Gaimbiaigh, genitive singular feminine Gaimbiaiche, plural Gaimbiacha, not comparable)

  1. Gambian

Declension
Declension of Gaimbiach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Gaimbiach Ghaimbiach Gaimbiacha;
Ghaimbiacha²
Vocative Ghaimbiach Gaimbiacha
Genitive Gaimbiaiche Gaimbiacha Gaimbiach
Dative Gaimbiach;
Ghaimbiach¹		 Ghaimbiach Gaimbiacha;
Ghaimbiacha²
Comparative níos Gaimbiaiche
Superlative is Gaimbiaiche

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

Noun

Gaimbiach m (genitive singular Gaimbiaigh, nominative plural Gaimbiaigh)

  1. Gambian person

Declension
Declension of Gaimbiach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Gaimbiach Gaimbiaigh
Vocative a Ghaimbiaigh a Ghaimbiacha
Genitive Gaimbiaigh Gaimbiach
Dative Gaimbiach Gaimbiaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Gaimbiach na Gaimbiaigh
Genitive an Ghaimbiaigh na nGaimbiach
Dative leis an nGaimbiach

don Ghaimbiach

 leis na Gaimbiaigh

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

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