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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).
Pronunciation
Noun
obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)
- verbal noun of oibrigh
- work, labor
Molann an obair an saor. (proverb)- A man may be judged by his achievements.
- (literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)
- job, task
- business, employment
- handiwork
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| obair
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n-obair
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hobair
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “opar, (opair)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 125, page 66
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 43, page 20
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “obair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “obair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “obair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).
Pronunciation
Noun
obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)
- work, job
- employment
- Synonyms: cosnadh, dreuchd
Derived terms
- an-obair (“idle work; trifle”)
- ath-obair (“work done again”)
- blàth-obair (“embroidery, variegated needlework”)
- bùth-obrach (“workshop”)
- comh-obair (“joint work, the same employment”)
- deagh-obair (“good work; good deed”)
- droch-obair (“bad work; evil doing, crime; bad job”)
- duadh-obair (“hard labour; handicraft”)
- grinn-obair (“mechanics; mechanism”)
- ionad-obrach (“jobcentre”)
- lìon-obair (“net-work; chequer-work”)
- main-obair (“handiwork”)
- neach-obrach (“worker; employee”)
- obair-cheàrdach (“smithy-work”)
- obair-cheàrdail (“engine, machinery, work done by machinery”)
- obair-chrèadha (“porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery”)
- obair-chumta (“task”)
- obair-dachaigh (“homework”)
- obair-dhachaidh
- obair-dhìon (“rampart, bulwark”)
- obair-ghloine (“glass-work”)
- obair-ghréis (“embroidery”)
- obair-iarainn (“foundry”)
- obair-inntinn (“theory”)
- obair-làimhe (“handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery”)
- obair-lann (“laboratory”)
- obair-latha (“day's work”)
- obair-lìonain, obair-lìn (“network, chequer-work”)
- obair-shlabhraidh (“chain-work”)
- obair-taighe (“housework”)
- obraiche (“worker, workman, labourer”)
- taigh-oibre (“workshop; factory”)
- obraich (“work, labor; operate”, verb)
Mutation
Further reading