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giobach
giobach
Irish
Adjective
giobach (genitive singular masculine giobaigh, genitive singular feminine giobaí, plural giobacha, comparative giobaí)
Declension
Declension of giobach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | giobach | giobach¹ | giobacha³ | |
| Vocative | giobaigh¹ | giobach¹ | giobacha | |
| Genitive | giobaigh¹ | giobaí (obsolete) giobaighe |
giobacha | giobach |
| Dative | giobach² | giobach¹ (archaic) giobaigh¹ |
giobacha³ | |
| Comparative | giobaí (obsolete) giobaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| giobach | ghiobach | ngiobach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "giobach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “gibach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).
Adjective
giobach
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “gibach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.