gabor

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See also: Gabor and Gábor

Middle Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

gabor

  1. white, light-hued, bright

Inflection

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Noun

gabor f

  1. (poetic) horse, mare (especially a white one)

Inflection

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Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of gabor
radical lenition nasalization
gabor gabor
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngabor

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gabros (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“male hooved animal”). Cognate with Latin caper (“goat”) and Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gabor m (genitive gabair)

  1. goat

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gabor gaborL gabairL
Vocative gabair gaborL gabruH
Accusative gaborN gaborL gabruH
Genitive gabairL gabor gaborN
Dative gaborL gabraib gabraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: gabhar
  • Manx: goayr
  • Scottish Gaelic: gobhar

Mutation

Mutation of gabor
radical lenition nasalization
gabor gabor
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngabor

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

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Gabor.

Pronunciation

Noun

gabor m (plural gabori)

  1. (Transylvania) a fool, a stupid person
  2. (slang) a cop
  3. (Transylvania) a Roma person, particularly Hungarian-speaking

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative gabor gaborul gabori gaborii
genitive-dative gabor gaborului gabori gaborilor
vocative gaborule gaborilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡâːbor/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧bor

Noun

gȃbor m (Cyrillic spelling га̑бор)

  1. hideous or disgusting person or thing; eyesore, freak, monstrosity

Declension

Declension of gabor
singular plural
nominative gabor gabori
genitive gabora gabora
dative gaboru gaborima
accusative gabora gabore
vocative gabore gabori
locative gaboru gaborima
instrumental gaborom gaborima

References

  • “gabor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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