cobar

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From co +‎ -bar.

Noun

cobar m

  1. river, gully, channel, sluice

Derived terms

Old Irish

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *kubros, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to be angry, desire, tremble”) with adjectival suffix *-rós. Compare ad·cobra. Cognate with Latin cupiō and Sanskrit कुप्यति (kupyati, “to be angry, tremble”).[1]

Noun

cobar ?

  1. desiring

Usage notes

Used in compounds (see Derived terms).

Derived terms

  • accobar (“desiring, desire”)
  • ad·cobra (“to desire”)
  • Conchobar m (literally “hound-desiring”)
  • Ólchobar m (literally “drink-desiring”)
  • Middle Irish milchobar (“bear”, literally “honey-desiring”)

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “-cobar”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-135

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