gobha

Irish

Noun

gobha m (genitive singular gobhann, nominative plural goibhne)

1. Superseded spelling of gabha (“smith”).

Declension

Declension of gobha (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative gobha goibhne vocative a ghobha a ghoibhne genitive gobhann goibhne dative gobha gobhainn (archaic, dialectal) goibhne forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an gobha na goibhne genitive an ghobhann na ngoibhne dative leis an ngobha leis an ngobhainn (archaic, dialectal) don ghobha don ghobhainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na goibhne

Mutation

Mutated forms of gobha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gobha	ghobha	ngobha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gobae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.ə/

Noun

gobha m (genitive singular gobhainn, plural goibhnean)

1. smith, blacksmith

Declension

Declension of gobha (type Vc masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	gobha	goibhnean
genitive	gobhainn	ghoibhnean
dative	gobha	goibhnean
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) gobha	(na) goibhnean
genitive	(a') ghobhainn	(nan) goibhnean
dative	(a') ghobha	(na) goibhnean
vocative	ghobha	ghoibhnean

Derived terms

• gobhachan (“dipper (bird)”)
• gobha-uisge (“dipper (bird)”)
• goibhneachd (“smithwork, smithing”)

Mutation

Mutation of gobha

radical	lenition
gobha	ghobha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.