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: Case Singular Plural Nominative dobhar dobhartha Vocative a dhobhair a dhobhartha Genitive dobhair dobhartha Dative dobhar dobhartha

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dobhar	dhobhar	ndobhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dobur (‘dark, unclean’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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