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Webster 1913 Edition


Gnu

Gnu

,
Noun.
[Hottentot
gnu
, or
nju
: cf. F.
gnou
.]
(Zool.)
One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus
Catoblephas
, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes.
[Written also
gnoo
.]
☞ The common gnu or wildebeest (
Catoblephas gnu
) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (
C. gorgon
) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gnu

GNU

,
Noun.
A species of Antelope, in Southern Africa, whose form partakes of that of the horse, the ox, and the deer.

Definition 2024


gnú

gnú

See also: gnu, Gnu, GNU, and gnû

Hungarian

Noun

gnú (plural gnúk)

  1. gnu

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gnú gnúk
accusative gnút gnúkat
dative gnúnak gnúknak
instrumental gnúval gnúkkal
causal-final gnúért gnúkért
translative gnúvá gnúkká
terminative gnúig gnúkig
essive-formal gnúként gnúkként
essive-modal
inessive gnúban gnúkban
superessive gnún gnúkon
adessive gnúnál gnúknál
illative gnúba gnúkba
sublative gnúra gnúkra
allative gnúhoz gnúkhoz
elative gnúból gnúkból
delative gnúról gnúkról
ablative gnútól gnúktól
Possessive forms of gnú
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gnúm gnúim
2nd person sing. gnúd gnúid
3rd person sing. gnúja gnúi
1st person plural gnúnk gnúink
2nd person plural gnútok gnúitok
3rd person plural gnújuk gnúik

Irish

Noun

gnú m (genitive singular gnú, nominative plural gnúnna)

  1. gnu

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gnú ghnú ngnú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.