dobhar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish dobur, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós (“deep”). Compare Welsh dwfr.
Noun[edit]
dobhar m (genitive singular dobhair, nominative plural dobhartha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of dobhar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dobhar (genitive singular masculine dobhair, genitive singular feminine dobhaire, plural dobhara, comparative dobhaire)
Declension[edit]
Declension of dobhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dobhar | dhobhar | dobhara; dhobhara² | |
Vocative | dhobhair | dobhara | ||
Genitive | dobhaire | dobhara | dobhar | |
Dative | dobhar; dhobhar¹ |
dhobhar; dhobhair (archaic) |
dobhara; dhobhara² | |
Comparative | níos dobhaire | |||
Superlative | is dobhaire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dobhar | dhobhar | ndobhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dobur (‘dark, unclean’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 dobur (‘water’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 249
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dobhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish adjectives
- Irish literary terms
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