gobmhór

Irish

Etymology

From gob (“beak”) +‎ mór (“big”).

Adjective

gobmhór (genitive singular masculine gobmhóir, genitive singular feminine gobmhóire, plural gobmhóra)

1. large-beaked

Declension

Declension of gobmhór

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	gobmhór	ghobmhór	gobmhóra; ghobmhóra2
vocative	ghobmhóir		gobmhóra
genitive		gobmhóire	strong noun	weak noun
			gobmhóra	gobmhór
dative	gobmhór; ghobmhór1	ghobmhór; ghobmhóir (archaic)	gobmhóra; ghobmhóra2
Comparative	níos gobmhóire
Superlative	is gobmhóire

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 gobmhór

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gobmhór	ghobmhór	ngobmhór

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gobmhór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN