dobhareach

Irish

Alternative forms

• dobhar-each

Etymology

dobhar (“water”) +‎ each (“horse”)

Noun

dobhareach m (genitive singular dobhareich, nominative plural dobhareacha)

1. hippopotamus

Declension

Declension of dobhareach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dobhareach dobhareacha vocative a dhobhareich a dhobhareacha genitive dobhareich dobhareach dative dobhareach dobhareacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dobhareach na dobhareacha genitive an dobhareich na ndobhareach dative leis an dobhareach don dobhareach leis na dobhareacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of dobhareach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dobhareach	dhobhareach	ndobhareach

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) “dobhareach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “dobhareach”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm