dobhar

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dobhar m (genitive singular dobhair, nominative plural dobhartha)

2. water, moisture, sea

   tar dobhartha ― across the sea

Declension

Declension of dobhar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative dobhar dobhartha vocative a dhobhair a dhobhartha genitive dobhair dobhartha dative dobhar dobhartha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an dobhar na dobhartha genitive an dobhair na ndobhartha dative leis an dobhar don dobhar leis na dobhartha

Synonyms

• uisce

Derived terms

• Gaoth Dobhair

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dobur.

Adjective

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

2. (literary) dark, gloomy, obscure, foul

Declension

Declension of dobhar

Positive	singular		plural
	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

Mutated forms of dobhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dobhar	dhobhar	ndobhar

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

Further reading

• 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