gioblach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

gioblach (genitive singular masculine gioblaigh, genitive singular feminine gioblaí, plural gioblacha, comparative gioblaí)

  1. ragged, tattered
    Synonym: ceamach
    Is minic a rinne bromach gioblach capall cumasach. (proverb)
    Many a ragged colt made a noble horse.

Declension

Declension of gioblach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of gioblach
radical lenition eclipsis
gioblach ghioblach ngioblach

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

References

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