síob

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly related to seáp (dash, rush); perhaps of Germanic origin (compare English sweep and Old Norse sveipa).

Pronunciation

Noun

síob f (genitive singular síbe, nominative plural síoba)

  1. gust
  2. ride, lift (in a car)

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

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

Mutation

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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