giota

Irish

Etymology

Noun

giota m (genitive singular giota, nominative plural giotaí)

  1. bit, piece

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
  • giota aráin (“bit of bread”)
  • giota beag (“a little bit”)
  • giotachán (“little fellow, youngster”)
  • giota curaíochta (“patch of tillage”)
  • giota de scéal (“bit, portion, of a story”)
  • giota grinn (“bit, spell, of fun”)
  • giotaigh (“break in bits”, transitive verb)
  • giota páipéir, giota de pháipéar (“piece of paper”)
  • míle agus giota (“a mile and a bit”)
  • ó ghiota go giota (“bit by bit”)
  • réamhghiotán (“preamble”)

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
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