Ginéiv

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Ghinéiv f (genitive na Ginéive)

1. Geneva

Derived terms

• biotáille Ghinéive
• Cantún na Ginéive (“Canton of Geneva”)
• Coinbhinsiún na Ginéive (“Geneva Convention”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Ginéiv	Ghinéiv	nGinéiv
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Geneva”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ginéiv”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm