cobar

See also: Cobar

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From co +‎ -bar.

Noun

cobar m

1. river, gully, channel, sluice

Derived terms

• cobarî

Old Irish

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *kubros, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to be angry, desire, tremble”) with adjectival suffix *-rós. Compare ad·cobra. Cognate with Latin cupiō and Sanskrit कुप्यति (kupyati, “to be angry, tremble”).

Noun

cobar ?

1. desiring

Usage notes

Used in compounds (see Derived terms).

Derived terms

• accobar (“desiring, desire”)
• ad·cobra (“to desire”)
• Conchobar m (literally “hound-desiring”)
• Ólchobar m (literally “drink-desiring”)
• Middle Irish milchobar (“bear”, literally “honey-desiring”)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cobar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language