giota

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Latin iōta, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta); compare English jot.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

giota m (genitive singular giota, nominative plural giotaí)

  1. bit, piece
    giota aráin ― a bit of bread
    giota grinn ― a bit of fun
    míle agus giota ― a mile and a bit

Declension
Declension of giota

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative giota giotaí
Vocative a ghiota a ghiotaí
Genitive giota giotaí
Dative giota giotaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an giota na giotaí
Genitive an ghiota na ngiotaí
Dative leis an ngiota

don ghiota

 leis na giotaí

Derived terms

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

References
  1. “giota”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “siota”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 76
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.