bodhar
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish bodar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Welsh byddar, Kamkata-viri berë (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bodhar (genitive singular masculine bodhair, genitive singular feminine bodhaire, plural bodhra, comparative bodhaire)
Declension
[edit]Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- bodhaire f (“deafness; dullness (of sound)”)
Noun
[edit]bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, nominative plural bodhair)
- deaf person
Declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bodhar | bhodhar | mbodhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bodar”, 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, § 41, page 22
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bodhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish bodar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Kamkata-viri bera (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bodhar (comparative buidhre)
- deaf, hard of hearing
- cho bodhar ri gobhar san fhoghar ― deaf as a doorpost (literally, “as deaf as a goat in autumn-time”)
- dull, heavy
Noun
[edit]bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, plural bodhair)
- deaf person
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bodhar | bhodhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bodar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Hearing
- ga:People
- ga:Sound
- ga:Water
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Hearing
- gd:People