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

Mutation of dobur
radical lenition nasalization
dobur dobur
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndobur

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

Further reading

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