bodhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bodar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Welsh byddar, Kamkata-viri berë́ (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠɑuɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠoːɾˠ/

Adjective

bodhar (genitive singular masculine bodhair, genitive singular feminine bodhaire, plural bodhra, comparative bodhaire)

1. deaf
2. bothered, confused
3. dull (of sound)
4. numb (of limb)
5. immovable; (of water) stagnant (of rock)

Declension

Declension of bodhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bodhar	bhodhar	bodhra; bhodhra²
Vocative	bhodhair		bodhra
Genitive		bodhaire	bodhra	bodhar
Dative	bodhar; bhodhar¹	bhodhar; bhodhair (archaic)	bodhra; bhodhra²
Comparative	níos bodhaire
Superlative	is bodhaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• bodharghuth
• bodharuisce
• bodhraigh
• bodhrán

Related terms

• bodhaire f (“deafness; dullness (of sound)”)

Noun

bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, nominative plural bodhair)

1. deaf person

Declension

Declension of bodhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bodhar bodhair Vocative a bhodhair a bhodhara Genitive bodhair bodhar Dative bodhar bodhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bodhar na bodhair Genitive an bhodhair na mbodhar Dative leis an mbodhar don bhodhar leis na bodhair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bodhar	bhodhar	mbodhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bodhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bodar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Kamkata-viri bera (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.əɾ/

Adjective

bodhar (comparative buidhre)

1. deaf, hard of hearing

   cho bodhar ri gobhar san fhoghar ― deaf as a doorpost (literally, “as deaf as a goat in autumn-time”)

2. dull, heavy

Noun

bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, plural bodhair)

1. deaf person

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
bodhar	bhodhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bodhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN