Gaimbia

Irish

Etymology

From English Gambia.

Proper noun

An Ghaimbia f (genitive na Gaimbia)

1. Gambia (a country in West Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Gaimbia

Declension

Declension of Gaimbia

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Gaimbia Vocative a Ghaimbia Genitive Gaimbia Dative Gaimbia

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ghaimbia Genitive na Gaimbia Dative leis an nGaimbia don Ghaimbia

Derived terms

• Gaimbiach (“Gambian”, adjective)
• Gaimbiach m (“Gambian”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gaimbia	Ghaimbia	nGaimbia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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