gabhar

See also: Gabhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gabor (“goat, horse”),[1][2] 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

gabhar m (genitive singular gabhair, nominative plural gabhair)

  1. goat
    Cuir (culaith) s(h)íoda, ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é. (proverb)
    You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
    (literally, “Put silk (clothes) on a goat, and it's still a goat.”)
    Mura mbeadh agat ach gabhar bí i lár an aonaigh leis. (proverb)
    Don't hide your light under a bushel.
    (literally, “If all you have is a goat, be in the middle of the fair with it.”)
    Is doiligh olann a bhaint de ghabhar. (proverb)
    One can't get blood out of a stone.
    (literally, “It's difficult to get wool from a goat.”)
  2. common scad, Trachurus trachurus
    Synonyms: bolmán, bolmán Atlantach

Declension

Declension of gabhar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gabhar gabhair
vocative a ghabhair a ghabhara
genitive gabhair gabhar
dative gabhar gabhair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gabhar na gabhair
genitive an ghabhair na ngabhar
dative leis an ngabhar
don ghabhar 		leis na gabhair

Derived terms

  • An Gabhar (“Capricorn”)
  • aoire gabhar (“goatherd”)
  • beach ghabhair (“wasp”, literally “goat bee”)
  • cluimhreach gabhair (“mare's-tail”)
  • craiceann gabhair (“goatskin”)
  • fiaghabhar (“wild goat, chamois”)
  • gabhar angóra (“angora”)
  • gabhar deorach (“male snipe”)
  • gabhar fia (“wild goat, chamois”)
  • gabhar fiáin (“wild goat, chamois”)
  • gabhar reo (“male snipe”)
  • gabhar sléibhe (“mountain goat”)
  • gabhar tiomanta (“scapegoat”)
  • pocaide gabhair (“billygoat”)
  • sceilpín gabhair (“stooge”)
  • tréadaí gabhar (“goatherd”)

Noun

gabhar f or m (genitive singular gabhra, nominative plural gabhra)

  1. (literary) (white) horse

Declension

Declension of gabhar (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gabhar gabhra
vocative a ghabhar a ghabhra
genitive gabhra gabhra
dative gabhar gabhra
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghabhar na gabhra
genitive na gabhra na ngabhra
dative leis an ngabhar
don ghabhar 		leis na gabhra
Alternative declension
Declension of gabhar (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gabhar gabhra
vocative a ghabhar a ghabhra
genitive gabhra gabhar
dative gabhar gabhra
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gabhar na gabhra
genitive an ghabhra na ngabhar
dative leis an ngabhar
don ghabhar 		leis na gabhra

Derived terms

  • gabhra lir (“white-crested waves”)
  • gabhra réin (“white-crested waves”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gabhar
radical lenition eclipsis
gabhar ghabhar ngabhar

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), “1 gabor ‘goat’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gabor ‘horse’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 200, page 101
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 121
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18

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