dobur

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós (“deep”). Compare Middle Welsh dwfyr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoβur]

Noun

dobur m (genitive dobuir)

1. (rare) water, river

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dobur	—	—
Vocative	dobuir	—	—
Accusative	doburN	—	—
Genitive	dobuirL	—	—
Dative	doburL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• doburchú (“otter”)

Descendants

• Irish: dobhar
• ⇒ Middle Irish: dobrán
  • Irish: dobhrán
  • Scottish Gaelic: dòbhran

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dobur	dobur pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndobur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 dobur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language