giob

giob

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɟɪbˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɨ̞bˠ/

Noun

giob m (genitive singular giob, nominative plural giobanna) or
giob f (genitive singular gibe, nominative plural giobanna)

1. bit (small amount of something), scrap (small piece, fragment), morsel

Declension

As a fourth-declension masculine noun:

Declension of giob

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative giob giobanna Vocative a ghiob a ghiobanna Genitive giob giobanna Dative giob giobanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an giob na giobanna Genitive an ghiob na ngiobanna Dative leis an ngiob don ghiob leis na giobanna

As a second-declension feminine noun:

Declension of giob

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative giob giobanna Vocative a ghiob a ghiobanna Genitive gibe giobanna Dative giob gib (archaic, dialectal) giobanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghiob na giobanna Genitive na gibe na ngiobanna Dative leis an ngiob leis an ngib (archaic, dialectal) don ghiob don ghib (archaic, dialectal) leis na giobanna

Derived terms

• giob geab
• giobóg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giob	ghiob	ngiob
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “giob” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 362.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39