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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish oblóir, ablóir, oblaire m (“juggler”), possibly from obull (“juggler's ball”), a variant of ubull (“apple”) (compare modern úll).
Pronunciation
Noun
abhlóir m (genitive singular abhlóra, nominative plural abhlóirí)
- buffoon, fool; boor
- confused, bewildered, person
Declension
Derived terms
- abhlóireacht f (“(act of) clowning, playing the fool; buffoonery”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| abhlóir
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n-abhlóir
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habhlóir
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t-abhlóir
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhlóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oblóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oblaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhlóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhlóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024