odhar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish odor, from Old Irish odur, from Proto-Celtic *udros, perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”).

Adjective

odhar (genitive singular masculine odhair, genitive singular feminine odhaire, plural odhra, comparative odhaire)

  1. dun
  2. dull, dark

Declension
Declension of odhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative odhar odhar odhra
Vocative odhair odhra
Genitive odhaire odhra odhar
Dative odhar odhar;
odhair (archaic)		 odhra
Comparative níos odhaire
Superlative is odhaire

Noun

odhar f (genitive singular uidhre, nominative plural odhra)

  1. (literary) dun cow

Declension
Declension of odhar

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative odhar odhra
Vocative a odhar a odhra
Genitive uidhre odhar
Dative odhar
uidhir (archaic, dialectal)		 odhra

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an odhar na hodhra
Genitive na huidhre na n-odhar
Dative leis an odhar
leis an uidhir (archaic, dialectal)		 leis na hodhra

Derived terms
  • Mag Uidhir (surname)
    • → English: Maguire
  • Odhrán
  • Odharnait

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish odor, from Old Irish odur, from Proto-Celtic *udros, related to *udenskyos (“water”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ər/

Adjective

odhar

  1. dun
  2. sallow

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
odharn-odharh-odhart-odhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Thurneysen (1884): Kelto-romanisches
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “odhar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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