gioblach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

gioblach (genitive singular masculine gioblaigh, genitive singular feminine gioblaí, plural gioblacha, comparative gioblaí)

1. ragged, tattered

   Synonym: ceamach

   Is minic a rinne bromach gioblach capall cumasach. (proverb)

   Many a ragged colt made a noble horse.

Declension

Declension of gioblach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gioblach	ghioblach	gioblacha; ghioblacha2
vocative	ghioblaigh		gioblacha
genitive		gioblaí	gioblacha	gioblach
dative	gioblach; ghioblach1	ghioblach; ghioblaigh (archaic)	gioblacha; ghioblacha2
Comparative	níos gioblaí
Superlative	is gioblaí

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 gioblach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gioblach	ghioblach	ngioblach

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) “gioblach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gioblach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gioblach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025