adóib

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from (Sahidic) Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic tb (“brick”), from Egyptian ḏbt (“brick, block, ingot”),

Noun

adóib f (genitive singular adóibe)

1. adobe

Declension

Declension of adóib (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative adóib vocative a adóib genitive adóibe dative adóib forms with the definite article case singular nominative an adóib genitive na hadóibe dative leis an adóib don adóib

Mutation

Mutated forms of adóib

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adóib	n-adóib	hadóib	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adóib”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “adobe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adóib”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm