gné

See also: gnè and gnę

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gné, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ɟnʲeː/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɾʲeː/

Noun

gné f (genitive singular gné, nominative plural gnéithe)

1. kind, species
2. form, appearance
3. aspect, dimension

   Synonym: diminsean

4. element

   Synonyms: eilimint, mír

Declension

Declension of gné

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gné gnéithe Vocative a ghné a ghnéithe Genitive gné gnéithe Dative gné gnéithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghné na gnéithe Genitive na gné na ngnéithe Dative leis an ngné don ghné leis na gnéithe

Derived terms

• aonghnéitheach
• aonghnéitheacht
• gnéchlár
• gnéitheach
• gnéitheacht
• gnéithigh
• gnéúil
• ilghnéitheach

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gné	ghné	ngné
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gné”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gné”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gné”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

Old Irish

Noun

gné n

1. kind, sort
2. form

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gnéN	gnéN	gnéeL
Vocative	gnéN	gnéN	gnéeL
Accusative	gnéN	gnéN	gnéeL
Genitive	gnéeL	gnée	gnéeN
Dative	gnéL	gnéib	gnéib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: gné f
  • Irish: gné
  • Scottish Gaelic: gnè

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gné	gné pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngné
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gné”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language