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Irish

Noun

gobha m (genitive singular gobhann, nominative plural goibhne)

  1. superseded spelling of gabha (smith)

Declension

Declension of gobha (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gobha goibhne
vocative a ghobha a ghoibhne
genitive gobhann goibhne
dative gobha
gobhainn (archaic, dialectal)
goibhne
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gobha na goibhne
genitive an ghobhann na ngoibhne
dative leis an ngobha
leis an ngobhainn (archaic, dialectal)
don ghobha
don ghobhainn (archaic, dialectal)
leis na goibhne

Mutation

Mutated forms of gobha
radical lenition eclipsis
gobha ghobha ngobha

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gobae.

Pronunciation

Noun

gobha m (genitive singular gobhainn, plural goibhnean)

  1. smith, blacksmith

Declension

Declension of gobha (type Vc masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative gobha goibhnean
genitive gobhainn ghoibhnean
dative gobha goibhnean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) gobha (na) goibhnean
genitive (a') ghobhainn (nan) goibhnean
dative (a') ghobha (na) goibhnean
vocative ghobha ghoibhnean

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of gobha
radical lenition
gobha ghobha

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