dobhar-chù

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish doburchú, from Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) +‎ cù (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪o.əɾxu/

Noun

dobhar-chù m (genitive singular dobhar-choin, plural dobhar-choin)

1. otter

   Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn

Mutation

Mutation of dobhar-chù

radical	lenition
dobhar-chù	dhobhar-chù

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