Guatamala

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish Guatemala, from Nahuatl cuauhtēmallān (“place of many trees”).

Proper noun

Guatamala m (genitive Ghuatamala)

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Guatamala

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Guatamala Genitive an Ghuatamala Dative leis an nGuatamala don Ghuatamala

Derived terms

• Guatamalach (“Guatemalan”, adjective)
• Guatamalach m (“Guatemalan”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Guatamala	Ghuatamala	nGuatamala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Guatemala”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Guatamala”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Guatemala at Focal.ie, Foras na Gaeilge (2013).