dobhar-chù
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish doburchú, from Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) + cù (“dog”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dobhar-chù m (genitive singular dobhar-choin, plural dobhar-choin)
- otter
- Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn
Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| dobhar-chù | dhobhar-chù |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ-
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
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