síob

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly related to seáp (dash, rush); perhaps of Germanic origin (compare English sweep and Old Norse sveipa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːbˠ/

Noun

síob f (genitive singular síbe, nominative plural síoba)

  1. gust
  2. ride, lift (in a car)

Declension

Declension of síob (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative síob síoba
vocative a shíob a shíoba
genitive síbe síob
dative síob
síb (archaic, dialectal)
síoba
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsíob na síoba
genitive na síbe na síob
dative leis an tsíob
leis an tsíb (archaic, dialectal)
don tsíob
don tsíb (archaic, dialectal)
leis na síoba

Derived terms

Verb

síob (present analytic síobann, future analytic síobfaidh, verbal noun síobadh, past participle síobtha)

  1. to blow (away), drift (accumulate in heaps by the force of wind)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of síob
radical lenition eclipsis
síob shíob
after an, tsíob
not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ síob”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “siabaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1024; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “síob”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1032; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “síobaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1032; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síob”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN