Guáin

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ghuáin f (genitive na Guáine)

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)
    Synonym: Comharphoblacht na Guáine

Declension
Declension of Guáin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Guáin
Vocative a Ghuáin
Genitive Guáine
Dative Guáin

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Ghuáin
Genitive na Guáine
Dative leis an nGuáin

don Ghuáin

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • “Guyana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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