giobach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).
Adjective
[edit]giobach (genitive singular masculine giobaigh, genitive singular feminine giobaí, plural giobacha, comparative giobaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of giobach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | giobach | ghiobach | giobacha; ghiobacha² | |
Vocative | ghiobaigh | giobacha | ||
Genitive | giobaí | giobacha | giobach | |
Dative | giobach; ghiobach¹ |
ghiobach; ghiobaigh (archaic) |
giobacha; ghiobacha² | |
Comparative | níos giobaí | |||
Superlative | is giobaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giobach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gibach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).
Adjective
[edit]giobach
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “giobach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gibach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language