giota

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

giota m (genitive singular giota, nominative plural giotaí)

1. bit, piece

Declension

Declension of giota

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative giota giotaí Vocative a ghiota a ghiotaí Genitive giota giotaí Dative giota giotaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an giota na giotaí Genitive an ghiota na ngiotaí Dative leis an ngiota don ghiota leis na giotaí

Derived terms

• giota aráin (“bit of bread”)
• giota beag (“a little bit”)
• giota curaíochta (“patch of tillage”)
• giota de scéal (“bit, portion, of a story”)
• giota grinn (“bit, spell, of fun”)
• giota páipéir, giota de pháipéar (“piece of paper”)
• giotachán (“little fellow, youngster”)
• giotaigh (“break in bits”, transitive verb)
• míle agus giota (“a mile and a bit”)
• ó ghiota go giota (“bit by bit”)
• réamhghiotán (“preamble”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giota	ghiota	ngiota
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN