gobha

Irish

Noun

gobha m (genitive singular gobhann, nominative plural goibhne)

1. Obsolete form of gabha (“smith”).

Declension

Declension of gobha

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gobha goibhne Vocative a ghobha a ghoibhne Genitive gobhann goibhne Dative gobha gobhainn (archaic, dialectal) goibhne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gobha na goibhne Genitive an ghobhann na ngoibhne Dative leis an ngobha leis an ngobhainn (archaic, dialectal) don ghobha don ghobhainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na goibhne

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gobha	ghobha	ngobha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gobae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.ə/

Noun

gobha m (genitive singular gobhainn, plural goibhnean)

1. smith, blacksmith

Declension

Declension of gobha (type Vc masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gobha	goibhnean
Genitive	gobhainn	ghoibhnean
Dative	gobha	goibhnean
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) gobha	(na) goibhnean
Genitive	(a') ghobhainn	(nan) goibhnean
Dative	(a') ghobha	(na) goibhnean
Vocative	(a) ghobha	(a) ghoibhnean

Derived terms

• gobhachan (“dipper (bird)”)
• gobha-uisge (“dipper (bird)”)
• goibhneachd (“smithwork, smithing”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
gobha	ghobha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.