odhar

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish odor, from Old Irish odur, from Proto-Celtic *udros, perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”).

Adjective

odhar (genitive singular masculine odhair, genitive singular feminine odhaire, plural odhra, comparative odhaire)

  1. dun
  2. dull, dark

Declension

Declension of odhar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative odhar odhar odhra
vocative odhair odhra
genitive odhaire odhra odhar
dative odhar odhar;
odhair (archaic) 		odhra
Comparative níos odhaire
Superlative is odhaire

Noun

odhar f (genitive singular uidhre, nominative plural odhra)

  1. (literary) dun cow

Declension

Declension of odhar (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative odhar odhra
vocative a odhar a odhra
genitive uidhre odhar
dative odhar
uidhir (archaic, dialectal) 		odhra
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an odhar na hodhra
genitive na huidhre na n-odhar
dative leis an odhar
leis an uidhir (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na hodhra

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of odhar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
odhar n-odhar hodhar not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish odor, from Old Irish odur, from Proto-Celtic *udros, related to *udenskyos (“water”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

odhar

  1. dun
  2. sallow

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of odhar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
odhar n-odhar h-odhar t-odhar

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen (1884): Kelto-romanisches
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “odhar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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