dobhar

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dobur, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep”). Compare Welsh dwfr.

Noun

dobhar m (genitive singular dobhair, nominative plural dobhartha)

  1. water, moisture, sea
    tar dobhartha ― across the sea

Declension
Declension of dobhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dobhar dobhartha
Vocative a dhobhair a dhobhartha
Genitive dobhair dobhartha
Dative dobhar dobhartha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dobhar na dobhartha
Genitive an dobhair na ndobhartha
Dative leis an dobhar

don dobhar

 leis na dobhartha
Derived terms
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dobur.

Adjective

dobhar (genitive singular masculine dobhair, genitive singular feminine dobhaire, plural dobhara, comparative dobhaire)

  1. (literary) dark, gloomy, obscure, foul
Declension
Declension of dobhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dobhar dhobhar ndobhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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