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Irish
Noun
gorb m (genitive singular goirb, nominative plural goirb)
- glutton
- Synonyms: sutha, amplóir, craosaire
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Eclipsis
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gorb
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ghorb
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ngorb
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “gorb”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gorb”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN