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síob

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unclear. Possibly related to seáp (dash, rush); perhaps of Germanic origin (compare English sweep and Old Norse sveipa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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síob f (genitive singular síbe, nominative plural síoba)

  1. gust
  2. ride, lift (in a car)

Declension

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Declension of síob (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative síob síoba
vocative a shíob a shíoba
genitive síbe síob
dative síob
síb (archaic, dialectal)
síoba
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsíob na síoba
genitive na síbe na síob
dative leis an tsíob
leis an tsíb (archaic, dialectal)
don tsíob
don tsíb (archaic, dialectal)
leis na síoba

Derived terms

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Verb

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síob (present analytic síobann, future analytic síobfaidh, verbal noun síobadh, past participle síobtha)

  1. to blow (away), drift (accumulate in heaps by the force of wind)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of síob
radical lenition eclipsis
síob shíob
after an, tsíob
not applicable

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

Further reading

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