giobhta

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Irish

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Noun

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giobhta m (genitive singular giobhta, nominative plural giobhtaí)

  1. Ulster form of giota
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Nuair a chuaidh sé giobhta eile, chonnaic sé cuibhreann talmhan ⁊ scota mór caorach ann, ⁊ bhí siad ramhar, feolmhar, beathaiste, gidh nach robh an féar acht go han-lom.
      When he went another little bit, he saw a piece of ground with a flock of sheep in it, and they were fat, fleshy, and in prime condition, though the grass was very bare.

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
giobhta ghiobhta ngiobhta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.