Guine

See also: Guiné, guiñe, and guiñé

Irish

Proper noun

An Ghuine f (genitive na Guine)

Guinea
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

Terms derived from Guine

cearc ghuine (“guinea-hen”)
coileach guine (“guinea-cock”)

Guineach (“Guinean”, adjective)
Guineach (“Guinean”, noun)

Guine Mheánchiorclach, Guine Mheánchriosach (“Equatorial Guinea”)
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

"Guine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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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