óbó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "obo"

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish obo, from French hautbois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈouːpouː/
• Rhymes: -ouːpouː

Noun

óbó n (genitive singular óbós, nominative plural óbó)

1. (music) oboe

Declension

Declension of óbó (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	óbó	óbóið	óbó	óbóin
accusative	óbó	óbóið	óbó	óbóin
dative	óbói	óbóinu	óbóum	óbóunum
genitive	óbós	óbósins	óbóa	óbóanna

Further reading

• “óbó” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English oboe, from French hautbois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːbˠoː]

Noun

óbó m (genitive singular óbó, nominative plural óbónna)

1. (music) oboe

Declension

Declension of óbó (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative óbó óbónna vocative a óbó a óbónna genitive óbó óbónna dative óbó óbónna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-óbó na hóbónna genitive an óbó na n-óbónna dative leis an óbó don óbó leis na hóbónna

Mutation

Mutated forms of óbó

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
óbó	n-óbó	hóbó	t-óbó

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “óbó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “oboe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “óbó”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm