tobar

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish topar, from Old Irish topur.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tobar m (genitive singular tobair, nominative plural toibreacha)

  1. well
  2. spring

Declension[edit]

  • Obsolete nominative plural: tobair

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tobar thobar dtobar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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, page 90

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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

Derived terms[edit]