giobach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).

Adjective

giobach (genitive singular masculine giobaigh, genitive singular feminine giobaí, plural giobacha, comparative giobaí)

1. shaggy, rough; unkempt, untidy

Declension

Declension of giobach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	giobach	ghiobach	giobacha; ghiobacha2
vocative	ghiobaigh		giobacha
genitive		giobaí	giobacha	giobach
dative	giobach; ghiobach1	ghiobach; ghiobaigh (archaic)	giobacha; ghiobacha2
Comparative	níos giobaí
Superlative	is giobaí

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 giobach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giobach	ghiobach	ngiobach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giobach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gibach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).

Adjective

giobach

1. shaggy, ragged
2. active, spry

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “giobach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gibach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language