gabhar
Irish
gabhar
Etymology
From Old Irish gabor (“goat, horse”), from Proto-Celtic *gabros (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“male hooved animal”). Cognate with Latin caper (“goat”) and Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”).
Noun
gabhar m (genitive singular gabhair, nominative plural gabhair)
- goat
- Proverb: Cuir (culaith) s(h)íoda, ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é.
- You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
- (literally, “Put silk (clothes) on a goat, and it's still a goat.”)
- Proverb: Mura mbeadh agat ach gabhar bí i lár an aonaigh leis.
- Don't hide your light under a bushel.
- (literally, “If all you have is a goat, be in the middle of the fair with it.”)
- Proverb: Is doiligh olann a bhaint de ghabhar.
- One can't get blood out of a stone.
- (literally, “It's difficult to get oil from a goat.”)
- Proverb:
- scad, horse-mackerel
- Synonyms: bolmán, bolmán Atlantach
Declension
Declension of gabhar
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Derived terms
- An Gabhar (“Capricorn”)
- aoire gabhar, tréadaí gabhar (“goatherd”)
- cluimhreach gabhair (“mare's-tail”)
- craiceann gabhair (“goatskin”)
- fiaghabhar, gabhar fia, gabhar fiáin (“wild goat, chamois”)
- gabhar angóra (“angora”)
- gabhar reo, deorach (“male snipe”)
- gabhar sléibhe (“mountain goat”)
- gabhar tiomanta (“scapegoat”)
- pocaide gabhair (“billygoat”)
- sceilpín gabhair (“stooge”)
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Declension of gabhar
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- Alternative declension
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Derived terms
- gabhra lir, réin (“white-crested waves”)
Mutation
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| gabhar | ghabhar | ngabhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gabor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 gabor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “gabhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gabhar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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