giobach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).

Adjective

giobach (genitive singular masculine giobaigh, genitive singular feminine giobaí, plural giobacha, comparative giobaí)

1. shaggy, rough; unkempt, untidy

Declension

Declension of giobach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	giobach	ghiobach	giobacha; ghiobacha²
Vocative	ghiobaigh		giobacha
Genitive		giobaí	giobacha	giobach
Dative	giobach; ghiobach¹	ghiobach; ghiobaigh (archaic)	giobacha; ghiobacha²
Comparative	níos giobaí
Superlative	is giobaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giobach	ghiobach	ngiobach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giobach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gibach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (“ragged, tattered”).

Adjective

giobach

1. shaggy, ragged
2. active, spry

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “giobach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gibach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language