gabhar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gabor (“goat, horse”), 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
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Noun
gabhar m (genitive singular gabhair, nominative plural gabhair)
- goat
- Proverb: Cuir (culaith) s(h)íoda, ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é.
- 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.”)
- Proverb: Mura mbeadh agat ach gabhar bí i lár an aonaigh leis.
- 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.”)
- Proverb: Is doiligh olann a bhaint de ghabhar.
- One can't get blood out of a stone.
- (literally, “It's difficult to get oil from a goat.”)
- Proverb:
- scad, horse-mackerel
- Synonyms: bolmán, bolmán Atlantach
Declension
Declension of gabhar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- An Gabhar (“Capricorn”)
- aoire gabhar, tréadaí gabhar (“goatherd”)
- cluimhreach gabhair (“mare's-tail”)
- craiceann gabhair (“goatskin”)
- fiaghabhar, gabhar fia, gabhar fiáin (“wild goat, chamois”)
- gabhar angóra (“angora”)
- gabhar reo, deorach (“male snipe”)
- gabhar sléibhe (“mountain goat”)
- gabhar tiomanta (“scapegoat”)
- pocaide gabhair (“billygoat”)
- sceilpín gabhair (“stooge”)
Noun
gabhar f or m (genitive singular gabhra, nominative plural gabhra)
Declension
Declension of gabhar
- Alternative declension
Declension of gabhar
Derived terms
- gabhra lir, réin (“white-crested waves”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gabhar | ghabhar | ngabhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gabor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gabor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gabhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gabhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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