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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gobmhór	ghobmhór	gobmhóra; ghobmhóra²
Vocative	ghobmhóir		gobmhóra
Genitive		gobmhóire	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gobmhór	ghobmhór	ngobmhór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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