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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 berë́ (“dumb”), Sanskrit बधिर (badhirá).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

bodhar (genitive singular masculine bodhair, genitive singular feminine bodhaire, plural bodhra, comparative bodhaire)

  1. deaf
  2. bothered, confused
  3. dull (of sound)
  4. numb (of limb)
  5. immovable; (of water) stagnant (of rock)

Declension edit

Declension of bodhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
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)

  1. deaf person

Declension edit

Declension of bodhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bodhar bodhair
Vocative a bhodhair a bhodhara
Genitive bodhair bodhar
Dative bodhar bodhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bodhar na bodhair
Genitive an bhodhair na mbodhar
Dative leis an mbodhar

don bhodhar

leis na bodhair

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bodar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

Further reading edit

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)

  1. deaf, hard of hearing
    cho bodhar ri gobhar san fhoghar ― deaf as a doorpost (literally, “as deaf as a goat in autumn-time”)
  2. dull, heavy

Noun edit

bodhar m (genitive singular bodhair, plural bodhair)

  1. deaf person

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bodhar bhodhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

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

Further reading edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bodhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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