adóib

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from (Sahidic) Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic tb (“brick”), from Egyptian ḏbt (“brick, block, ingot”),

Noun

adóib f (genitive singular adóibe)

1. adobe

Declension

Declension of adóib

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative adóib Vocative a adóib Genitive adóibe Dative adóib

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an adóib Genitive na hadóibe Dative leis an adóib don adóib

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adóib	n-adóib	hadóib	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adóib”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “adobe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adóib”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm