odhar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish odor, from Old Irish odur, from Proto-Celtic *udros, perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”).

Adjective

odhar (genitive singular masculine odhair, genitive singular feminine odhaire, plural odhra, comparative odhaire)

1. dun
2. dull, dark

Declension

Declension of odhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	odhar	odhar	odhra
vocative	odhair		odhra
genitive		odhaire	odhra	odhar
dative	odhar	odhar; odhair (archaic)	odhra
Comparative	níos odhaire
Superlative	is odhaire

Noun

odhar f (genitive singular uidhre, nominative plural odhra)

1. (literary) dun cow

Declension

Declension of odhar (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative odhar odhra vocative a odhar a odhra genitive uidhre odhar dative odhar uidhir (archaic, dialectal) odhra forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an odhar na hodhra genitive na huidhre na n-odhar dative leis an odhar leis an uidhir (archaic, dialectal) leis na hodhra

Derived terms

• Mag Uidhir (surname)
  • → English: Maguire
• Odhrán
  • Ó hOdhráin (surname)
    • → English: Horan
• Odharnait

Mutation

Mutated forms of odhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
odhar	n-odhar	hodhar	not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish odor, from Old Irish odur, from Proto-Celtic *udros, related to *udenskyos (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ər/

Adjective

odhar

1. dun
2. sallow

Derived terms

• bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol

Mutation

Mutation of odhar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
odhar	n-odhar	h-odhar	t-odhar

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

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “odhar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN