gné

See also: gnè and gnę

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gné, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ɟnʲeː/
(Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲeː/

Noun

gné f (genitive singular gné, nominative plural gnéithe)

kind, species
form, appearance
aspect, dimension
Synonym: diminsean
element
Synonyms: eilimint, mír

Declension

Declension of gné

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gné	gnéithe
Vocative	a ghné	a ghnéithe
Genitive	gné	gnéithe
Dative	gné	gnéithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ghné	na gnéithe
Genitive	na gné	na ngnéithe
Dative	leis an ngné don ghné	leis na gnéithe

Derived terms

aonghnéitheach
aonghnéitheacht
gnéchlár
gnéitheach
gnéitheacht
gnéithigh
gnéúil
ilghnéitheach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gné	ghné	ngné
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gné”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “gné” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “gné” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

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