tobar

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish topar, from Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation

Noun

tobar m (genitive singular tobair, nominative plural toibreacha)

  1. well
  2. spring

Declension

Declension of tobar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tobar toibreacha
vocative a thobair a thoibreacha
genitive tobair toibreacha
dative tobar toibreacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tobar na toibreacha
genitive an tobair na dtoibreacha
dative leis an tobar
don tobar 		leis na toibreacha
  • Obsolete nominative plural: tobair

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tobar
radical lenition eclipsis
tobar thobar dtobar

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “topar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 177, page 90
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 370, page 125

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation

Noun

tobar m or f (genitive singular tobair, plural tobraichean)

  1. A cistern, a fountain
  2. A well, a spring
  3. A source, origin

Declension

Masculine declension (used in e.g. Uist):

Declension of tobar (type Vb masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tobar tobraichean
genitive tobair thobraichean
dative tobar tobraichean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tobar (na) tobraichean
genitive (an) tobair (nan) tobraichean
dative (an) tobar (na) tobraichean
vocative thobar thobraichean

Feminine declension (used in e.g. Lewis):

Declension of tobar (type Va feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tobar tobraichean
genitive tobrach thobraichean
dative tobar tobraichean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tobar (na) tobraichean
genitive (na) tobrach (nan) tobraichean
dative (an) tobar (na) tobraichean
vocative thobar thobraichean

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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