dobhar-chù
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish doburchú, from Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) + cù (“dog”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dobhar-chù m (genitive singular dobhar-choin, plural dobhar-choin)
- otter
- Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
dobhar-chù | dhobhar-chù |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ-
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic compound terms
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic multiword terms
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
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