giobach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).

Adjective

giobach (genitive singular masculine giobaigh, genitive singular feminine giobaí, plural giobacha, comparative giobaí)

  1. shaggy, rough; unkempt, untidy

Declension

Declension of giobach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of giobach
radical lenition eclipsis
giobach ghiobach ngiobach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).

Adjective

giobach

  1. shaggy, ragged
  2. active, spry

References

  • 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
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