obair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

Pronunciation

Noun

obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)

  1. verbal noun of oibrigh
  2. work, labor
    Proverb:
    Molann an obair an saor.
    A man may be judged by his achievements.
    (literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)
  3. job, task
  4. business, employment
  5. handiwork

Declension
Declension of obair

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative obair oibreacha
Vocative a obair a oibreacha
Genitive oibre oibreacha
Dative obair oibreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an obair na hoibreacha
Genitive na hoibre na n-oibreacha
Dative leis an obair

don obair

 leis na hoibreacha

Derived terms
  • athobair (“repetition of work”)
  • bileog oibre (“worksheet”)
  • binse oibre (“work-bench”)
  • cailín oibre (“work-girl”)
  • dea-obair (“good work; good deed”)
  • eitic oibre (“work ethic”)
  • grúpobair (“group-work”)
  • obair adhmaid (“woodwork”)
  • obair chloiche (“stonework, masonry”)
  • obair ealaíne (“work of art”)
  • obair ghloine (“glasswork”)
  • obair láimhe (“handiwork”)
  • obair lása (“lacework”)
  • obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
  • obair phaistí
  • obair phíosála (“patchwork”)
  • obair shnáthaide (“stitchery, needlework”)
  • obair thógála (“construction work”)
  • obair tí (“housework”)
  • oibreacha Dé (“the works of God”)
  • oibreacha poiblí (“public works”)
  • scríob-obair (“scratch-work”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
obair n-obair hobair not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /opəɾʲ/

Noun

obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)

  1. work, job
  2. employment
    Synonyms: cosnadh, dreuchd

Derived terms
  • an-obair (“idle work; trifle”)
  • ath-obair (“work done again”)
  • blàth-obair (“embroidery, variegated needlework”)
  • bùth-obrach (“workshop”)
  • comh-obair (“joint work, the same employment”)
  • deagh-obair (“good work; good deed”)
  • droch-obair (“bad work; evil doing, crime; bad job”)
  • duadh-obair (“hard labour; handicraft”)
  • grinn-obair (“mechanics; mechanism”)
  • ionad-obrach (“jobcentre”)
  • lìon-obair (“net-work; chequer-work”)
  • main-obair (“handiwork”)
  • neach-obrach (“worker; employee”)
  • obair-cheàrdach (“smithy-work”)
  • obair-cheàrdail (“engine, machinery, work done by machinery”)
  • obair-chrèadha (“porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery”)
  • obair-chumta (“task”)
  • obair-dachaigh (“homework”)
  • obair-dhachaidh
  • obair-dhìon (“rampart, bulwark”)
  • obair-ghloine (“glass-work”)
  • obair-ghréis (“embroidery”)
  • obair-iarainn (“foundry”)
  • obair-inntinn (“theory”)
  • obair-làimhe (“handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery”)
  • obair-lann (“laboratory”)
  • obair-latha (“day's work”)
  • obair-lìonain, obair-lìn (“network, chequer-work”)
  • obair-shlabhraidh (“chain-work”)
  • obair-taighe (“housework”)
  • obraiche (“worker, workman, labourer”)
  • taigh-oibre (“workshop; factory”)
  • obraich (“work, labor; operate”, verb)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
obairn-obairh-obairt-obair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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