giobóg

Irish

Etymology

From giob +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɨ̞bˠɔɡ/

Noun

giobóg f (genitive singular giobóige, nominative plural giobóga)

1. little bit, handful, snippet
2. rag
3. gypsy woman

   Synonym: giofóg

4. untidy woman

Declension

Declension of giobóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative giobóg giobóga vocative a ghiobóg a ghiobóga genitive giobóige giobóg dative giobóg giobóig (archaic, dialectal) giobóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghiobóg na giobóga genitive na giobóige na ngiobóg dative leis an ngiobóg leis an ngiobóig (archaic, dialectal) don ghiobóg don ghiobóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na giobóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of giobóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giobóg	ghiobóg	ngiobóg

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

Further reading

• “giobóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giobóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 362
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giobóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN