tobar

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish topar, from Old Irish topur.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔbˠəɾˠ/^[2]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌbˠəɾˠ/^[3]

Noun

tobar m (genitive singular tobair, nominative plural toibreacha)

well
spring

Declension

Declension of tobar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tobar	toibreacha
Vocative	a thobair	a thoibreacha
Genitive	tobair	toibreacha
Dative	tobar	toibreacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tobar	na toibreacha
Genitive	an tobair	na dtoibreacha
Dative	leis an tobar don tobar	leis na toibreacha

Obsolete nominative plural: tobair

Synonyms

tiobraid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tobar	thobar	dtobar
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), “topar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 177, page 90
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 370, page 125

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tobar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tobar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“tobar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰopəɾ/

Noun

tobar m or f (genitive singular tobair, plural tobrachan)

Derived terms

Tobar Mhoire

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