gobach

Irish

Etymology

From gob +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gobach (genitive singular masculine gobaigh, genitive singular feminine gobaí, plural gobacha, comparative gobaí)

  1. beaked, long-billed
  2. sharp (of expression)
  3. pointed, nibbed
  4. lipped (of jug)
  5. intrusive

Declension
Declension of gobach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gobach ghobach gobacha;
ghobacha²
Vocative ghobaigh gobacha
Genitive gobaí gobacha gobach
Dative gobach;
ghobach¹		 ghobach;
ghobaigh (archaic)		 gobacha;
ghobacha²
Comparative níos gobaí
Superlative is gobaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

gobach m (genitive singular gobaigh, nominative plural gobaigh)

  1. spurdog
    Synonym: fíogach gobach

Declension
Declension of gobach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gobach gobaigh
Vocative a ghobaigh a ghobacha
Genitive gobaigh gobach
Dative gobach gobaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gobach na gobaigh
Genitive an ghobaigh na ngobach
Dative leis an ngobach

don ghobach

 leis na gobaigh

Derived terms
  • boinéad gobach (“poke-bonnet”)
  • gobach mór (“grosbeak”)
  • gobach sceachóirí (“hawfinch”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gobach ghobach ngobach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From gob +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gobach (genitive singular masculine gobaich, comparative gobaiche)

  1. interfering, meddlesome
  2. talkative, gossip

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative gobach ghobach gobach
Vocative ghobaich ghobaich ghobach
Genitive ghobaich ghobaich ghobach
Dative ghobach ghobaich gobach

Comparative/superlative: gobaiche

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gobachghobach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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