doburchú
Old Irish
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From dobur (“water”) + cú (“hound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
doburchú m (genitive doburchon)
- otter
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 424
- dobarcú .i. cú uisci
- otter, that is: hound of water
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 424
Declension
Masculine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | doburchú | doburchoinL | doburchoin |
Vocative | doburchú | doburchoinL | doburchonaH |
Accusative | doburchoinN | doburchoinL | doburchonaH |
Genitive | doburchon | doburchonL | doburchonN |
Dative | doburchoinL, doburchúL | doburchonaib | doburchonaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
doburchú | doburchú pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndoburchú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doburchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language