gábh

See also: gabh

Irish

Alternative forms

• gábhadh^[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish gábud.^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ɡaːvˠ/^[3]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːwə/^[4] (corresponding to the form gábhadh)

Noun

gábh m (genitive singular gáibh or gábha, nominative plural gábha or gábhanna)

1. danger, peril

   Synonyms: baol, contúirt, dainséar

Declension

As a first-declension noun:

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gábh gábha Vocative a gháibh a ghábha Genitive gáibh gábh Dative gábh gábha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gábh na gábha Genitive an gháibh na ngábh Dative leis an ngábh don ghábh leis na gábha

Declension of gábh

First declension

As a third-declension noun:

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gábh gábhanna Vocative a ghábh a ghábhanna Genitive gábha gábhanna Dative gábh gábhanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gábh na gábhanna Genitive an ghábha na ngábhanna Dative leis an ngábh don ghábh leis na gábhanna

Declension of gábh

Third declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gábh	ghábh	ngábh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. “gábh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
2. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gábud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 132, page 51

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gáḃaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 342
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gábh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN