gríobh

Irish

From Old Irish gríb (“gyrfalcon, griffin, talon”) (compare Manx greeu), from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

gríobh f (genitive singular gríbhe, nominative plural gríobha)

Declension of gríobh (second declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an ghríobh	na gríobha
genitive	na gríbhe	na ngríobh
dative	leis an ngríobh don ghríobh	leis na gríobha

Mutated forms of *gríobh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gríobh	ghríobh	ngríobh

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gríobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gríb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gríobh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“gríobh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024