dobur

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós (“deep”). Compare Middle Welsh dwfyr.

Pronunciation

Noun

dobur m (genitive dobuir)

  1. (rare) water, river

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dobur — —
Vocative dobuir — —
Accusative doburN — —
Genitive dobuirL — —
Dative doburL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: dobhar
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: dobrán

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dobur dobur
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndobur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia