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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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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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
síob shíob
after an, tsíob
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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