giobóg

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Irish

Etymology

From giob +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

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

Mutated forms of giobóg
radical lenition eclipsis
giobóg ghiobóg ngiobóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 370, page 125

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