dobharchú

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Irish

dobharchú

Etymology

From Old Irish doburchú. By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) +‎ cú (“hound”).

Noun

dobharchú m or f (genitive singular dobharchú or dobharchon, nominative plural dobharchúnna or dobharchoin)

  1. otter
    Synonyms: cú dobhráin, dobhrán, madra uisce

Declension

Declension of dobharchú (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dobharchú dobharchúnna
vocative a dhobharchú a dhobharchúnna
genitive dobharchú dobharchúnna
dative dobharchú dobharchúnna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dobharchú na dobharchúnna
genitive an dobharchú na ndobharchúnna
dative leis an dobharchú
don dobharchú 		leis na dobharchúnna

Mutation

Mutated forms of dobharchú
radical lenition eclipsis
dobharchú dhobharchú ndobharchú

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

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