giobóg

Irish

Etymology

From giob +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɨ̞bˠɔɡ/

Noun

giobóg f (genitive singular giobóige, nominative plural giobóga)

1. little bit, handful, snippet
2. rag
3. gypsy woman

   Synonym: giofóg

4. untidy woman

Declension

Declension of giobóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative giobóg giobóga Vocative a ghiobóg a ghiobóga Genitive giobóige giobóg Dative giobóg giobóig (archaic, dialectal) giobóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghiobóg na giobóga Genitive na giobóige na ngiobóg Dative leis an ngiobóg leis an ngiobóig (archaic, dialectal) don ghiobóg don ghiobóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na giobóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giobóg	ghiobóg	ngiobóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “giobóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giobóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 362
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giobóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37