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giobhta

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Irish

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Noun

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giobhta m (genitive singular giobhta, nominative plural giobhtaí)

  1. Ulster form of giota
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Nuair a chuaidh sé giobhta eile, chonnaic sé cuibhreann talmhan ⁊ scota mór caorach ann, ⁊ bhí siad ramhar, feolmhar, beathaiste, gidh nach robh an féar acht go han-lom.
      When he went another little bit, he saw a piece of ground with a flock of sheep in it, and they were fat, fleshy, and in prime condition, though the grass was very bare.

Declension

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Declension of giobhta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative giobhta giobhtaí
vocative a ghiobhta a ghiobhtaí
genitive giobhta giobhtaí
dative giobhta giobhtaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an giobhta na giobhtaí
genitive an ghiobhta na ngiobhtaí
dative leis an ngiobhta
don ghiobhta
leis na giobhtaí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of giobhta
radical lenition eclipsis
giobhta ghiobhta ngiobhta

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