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obair

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (to work).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)

  1. verbal noun of oibrigh
  2. work, labor
    Molann an obair an saor. (proverb)
    A man may be judged by his achievements.
    (literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)
  3. job, task
  4. business, employment
  5. handiwork

Declension

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Declension of obair (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative obair oibreacha
vocative a obair a oibreacha
genitive oibre oibreacha
dative obair oibreacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an obair na hoibreacha
genitive na hoibre na n-oibreacha
dative leis an obair
don obair
leis na hoibreacha

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of obair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
obair n-obair hobair not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “opar, (opair)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 125, page 66
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 43, page 20

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (to work).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)

  1. work, job
  2. employment
    Synonyms: cosnadh, dreuchd

Derived terms

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  • obraich (work, labor; operate, verb)

Mutation

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Mutation of obair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
obair n-obair h-obair t-obair

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

Further reading

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN