bodhar

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bodar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Welsh byddar, Kamkata-viri berë (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bodhar (genitive singular masculine bodhair, genitive singular feminine bodhaire, plural bodhra, comparative bodhaire)

  1. deaf
  2. bothered, confused
  3. dull (of sound)
  4. numb (of limb)
  5. immovable; (of water) stagnant (of rock)

Declension

Declension of bodhar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative bodhar bhodhar bodhra;
bhodhra2
vocative bhodhair bodhra
genitive bodhaire bodhra bodhar
dative bodhar;
bhodhar1 		bhodhar;
bhodhair (archaic) 		bodhra;
bhodhra2
Comparative níos bodhaire
Superlative is bodhaire

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • bodhaire f (“deafness; dullness (of sound)”)

Noun

bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, nominative plural bodhair)

  1. deaf person

Declension

Declension of bodhar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bodhar bodhair
vocative a bhodhair a bhodhara
genitive bodhair bodhar
dative bodhar bodhair
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bodhar na bodhair
genitive an bhodhair na mbodhar
dative leis an mbodhar
don bhodhar 		leis na bodhair

Mutation

Mutated forms of bodhar
radical lenition eclipsis
bodhar bhodhar mbodhar

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bodar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 41, page 22
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bodar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Kamkata-viri bera (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bodhar (comparative buidhre)

  1. deaf, hard of hearing
    cho bodhar ri gobhar san fhoghar ― deaf as a doorpost (literally, “as deaf as a goat in autumn-time”)
  2. dull, heavy

Noun

bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, plural bodhair)

  1. deaf person

Mutation

Mutation of bodhar
radical lenition
bodhar bhodhar

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bodar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bodhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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