gaíon

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

gaíon m (genitive singular gaín)

1. (archaeology, geology) subsoil, undersoil

   Synonym: fo-ithir

Declension

Declension of gaíon

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gaíon Vocative a ghaín Genitive gaín Dative gaíon

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gaíon Genitive an ghaín Dative leis an ngaíon don ghaíon

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gaíon	ghaíon	ngaíon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaíon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gaíon”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gaíon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024