Guineach

Irish

Etymology

From An Ghuine (“Guinea”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Guineach (genitive singular masculine Guinigh, genitive singular feminine Guiní, plural Guineacha, not comparable)

  1. Guinean

Declension

Declension of Guineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Guineach Ghuineach Guineacha;
Ghuineacha2
vocative Ghuinigh Guineacha
genitive Guiní Guineacha Guineach
dative Guineach;
Ghuineach1 		Ghuineach;
Ghuinigh (archaic) 		Guineacha;
Ghuineacha2
Comparative níos Guiní
Superlative is Guiní

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

Noun

Guineach m (genitive singular Guinigh, nominative plural Guinigh)

  1. Guinean person

Declension

Declension of Guineach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Guineach Guinigh
vocative a Ghuinigh a Ghuineacha
genitive Guinigh Guineach
dative Guineach Guinigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Guineach na Guinigh
genitive an Ghuinigh na nGuineach
dative leis an nGuineach
don Ghuineach 		leis na Guinigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Guineach
radical lenition eclipsis
Guineach Ghuineach nGuineach

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

Further reading

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