gioblach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]gioblach (genitive singular masculine gioblaigh, genitive singular feminine gioblaí, plural gioblacha, comparative gioblaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gioblach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gioblach | ghioblach | gioblacha; ghioblacha² | |
Vocative | ghioblaigh | gioblacha | ||
Genitive | gioblaí | gioblacha | gioblach | |
Dative | gioblach; ghioblach¹ |
ghioblach; ghioblaigh (archaic) |
gioblacha; ghioblacha² | |
Comparative | níos gioblaí | |||
Superlative | is gioblaí |
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 |
gioblach | ghioblach | ngioblach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gioblach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gioblach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gioblach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024