cobar

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From co +‎ -bar.

Noun

cobar m

river, gully, channel, sluice

Derived terms

cobarî

Old Irish

Etymology

Probably the verbal noun of unattested *cobur, from Proto-Celtic *kubreti, from Proto-Indo-European *kup- (“wish”). Compare ad·cobra. Cognate with Latin cupiō.

Noun

cobar ?

desiring

Usage notes

Used in compounds (see Derived terms).

Derived terms

accobar
Conchobar m (“Proper name: hound-desiring”)
Ólchobar m (“Proper name: drink-desiring, fond of drink”)

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cobar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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