adóib

adóib

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب‎ (aṭ-ṭūb), from (Sahidic) Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic tb (“brick”), from Egyptian ḏbt (“brick, block, ingot”),

Noun

adóib f (genitive singular adóibe)

1. adobe

Declension

Declension of adóib

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative adóib Vocative a adóib Genitive adóibe Dative adóib

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an adóib Genitive na hadóibe Dative leis an adóib don adóib

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adóib	n-adóib	hadóib	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adóib”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “adobe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “adóib” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.