gobach

Irish

Etymology

From gob +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gobach (genitive singular masculine gobaigh, genitive singular feminine gobaí, plural gobacha, comparative gobaí)

1. beaked, long-billed
2. sharp (of expression)
3. pointed, nibbed
4. lipped (of jug)
5. intrusive

Declension

Declension of gobach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gobach	ghobach	gobacha; ghobacha²
Vocative	ghobaigh		gobacha
Genitive		gobaí	gobacha	gobach
Dative	gobach; ghobach¹	ghobach; ghobaigh (archaic)	gobacha; ghobacha²
Comparative	níos gobaí
Superlative	is gobaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• fíogach gobach

Noun

gobach m (genitive singular gobaigh, nominative plural gobaigh)

1. spurdog

   Synonym: fíogach gobach

Declension

Declension of gobach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gobach gobaigh Vocative a ghobaigh a ghobacha Genitive gobaigh gobach Dative gobach gobaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gobach na gobaigh Genitive an ghobaigh na ngobach Dative leis an ngobach don ghobach leis na gobaigh

Derived terms

• boinéad gobach (“poke-bonnet”)
• gobach mór (“grosbeak”)
• gobach sceachóirí (“hawfinch”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gobach	ghobach	ngobach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gob +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gobach (genitive singular masculine gobaich, comparative gobaiche)

1. interfering, meddlesome
2. talkative, gossip

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	gobach	ghobach	gobach
Vocative	ghobaich	ghobaich	ghobach
Genitive	ghobaich	ghobaich	ghobach
Dative	ghobach	ghobaich	gobach

Comparative/superlative: gobaiche

Mutation

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