bodhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bodar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Welsh byddar, Kamkata-viri berë (“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

Mutated forms of bodhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bodhar	bhodhar	mbodhar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Mutation of bodhar

radical	lenition
bodhar	bhodhar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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