giob

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɟɪbˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɨ̞bˠ/

Noun

giob m (genitive singular giob, nominative plural giobanna) or
giob f (genitive singular gibe, nominative plural giobanna)

1. bit (small amount of something), scrap (small piece, fragment), morsel

Declension

As a fourth-declension masculine noun:

Declension of giob (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative giob giobanna vocative a ghiob a ghiobanna genitive giob giobanna dative giob giobanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an giob na giobanna genitive an ghiob na ngiobanna dative leis an ngiob don ghiob leis na giobanna

As a second-declension feminine noun:

Declension of giob (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative giob giobanna vocative a ghiob a ghiobanna genitive gibe giobanna dative giob gib (archaic, dialectal) giobanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghiob na giobanna genitive na gibe na ngiobanna dative leis an ngiob leis an ngib (archaic, dialectal) don ghiob don ghib (archaic, dialectal) leis na giobanna

Derived terms

• giob geab
• giobóg

Mutation

Mutated forms of giob

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giob	ghiob	ngiob

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giob”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 362
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39