gobach

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Irish

Etymology

From gob +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gobach (genitive singular masculine gobaigh, genitive singular feminine gobaí, plural gobacha, comparative gobaí)

  1. beaked, long-billed
  2. sharp (of expression)
  3. pointed, nibbed
  4. lipped (of jug)
  5. intrusive

Declension

Declension of gobach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gobach ghobach gobacha;
ghobacha²
Vocative ghobaigh gobacha
Genitive gobaí gobacha gobach
Dative gobach;
ghobach¹ 		ghobach;
ghobaigh (archaic) 		gobacha;
ghobacha²
Comparative níos gobaí
Superlative is gobaí

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

Derived terms

Noun

gobach m (genitive singular gobaigh, nominative plural gobaigh)

  1. spurdog
    Synonym: fíogach gobach

Declension

Declension of gobach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gobach gobaigh
Vocative a ghobaigh a ghobacha
Genitive gobaigh gobach
Dative gobach gobaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gobach na gobaigh
Genitive an ghobaigh na ngobach
Dative leis an ngobach

don ghobach

leis na gobaigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gobach ghobach ngobach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gob +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gobach (genitive singular masculine gobaich, comparative gobaiche)

  1. interfering, meddlesome
  2. talkative, gossip

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative gobach ghobach gobach
Vocative ghobaich ghobaich ghobach
Genitive ghobaich ghobaich ghobach
Dative ghobach ghobaich gobach

Comparative/superlative: gobaiche

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gobach ghobach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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