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gob.

beak, bill (of a bird etc.)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɔbˠ/Munster/ɡɞbˠ/Munster/ɡobˠ/Connacht/ɡɞbˠ/Ulster

  1. beak, bill (of a bird etc.)

    masculine

  2. tip, point, projection

    masculine

  3. pointy nose

    masculine

  4. nib

    masculine

  5. mouth, gob

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”); compare Russian зоб (zob, “goitre”), jowl from Old English ċēafl; German Kiefer (“jaw”).

verb/ɡɔbˠ/Munster/ɡɞbˠ/Munster/ɡobˠ/Connacht/ɡɞbˠ/Ulster

  1. peck (ar (“at”)) (as a bird etc.)

    ambitransitive

  2. project, stick out, up

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”); compare Russian зоб (zob, “goitre”), jowl from Old English ċēafl; German Kiefer (“jaw”).

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