giobach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (ragged, tattered).

Adjective

giobach (genitive singular masculine giobaigh, genitive singular feminine giobaí, plural giobacha, comparative giobaí)

  1. shaggy, rough; unkempt, untidy

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
giobach ghiobach ngiobach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "giobach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • gibach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gibach (ragged, tattered).

Adjective

giobach

  1. shaggy, ragged
  2. active, spry

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • gibach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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