Guine

See also: Guiné, guiñe, and guiñé

Irish

Proper noun

An Ghuine f (genitive na Guine)

Guinea (a country in West Africa)
Synonym: Poblacht na Guine

Declension

Declension of Guine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	Guine
Vocative	a Ghuine
Genitive	Guine
Dative	Guine

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an Ghuine
Genitive	na Guine
Dative	leis an nGuine don Ghuine

Derived terms

cearc ghuine (“guinea-hen”)
coileach guine (“guinea-cock”)
Guine Mheánchiorclach, Guine Mheánchriosach (“Equatorial Guinea”)
Guineach (“Guinean”, adjective)
Guineach (“Guinean”, noun)
muc ghuine (“guinea pig”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Guine	Ghuine	nGuine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Guine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “Guine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “an Ghuine” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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