Gabúin

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ghabúin f (genitive na Gabúine)

1. Gabon (a country in Central Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Gabúine

Declension

Declension of Gabúin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Gabúin Vocative a Ghabúin Genitive Gabúine Dative Gabúin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ghabúin Genitive na Gabúine Dative leis an nGabúin don Ghabúin

Derived terms

• Gabúnach (“Gabonese”, adjective)
• Gabúnach m (“a Gabonese person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gabúin	Ghabúin	nGabúin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Gabon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024