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gioblach

Irish

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Etymology

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gioblach ghioblach ngioblach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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