gabhar

Irish

gabhar

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Etymology

From Old Irish gabor (“goat, horse”), from Proto-Celtic *gabros (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapros (“male hooved animal”). Cognate with Latin caper (“goat”) and Ancient Greek κάπρος (kapros, “wild boar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡəuɾˠ]

Noun

gabhar m (genitive gabhair, nominative plural gabhair)

1. goat

Declension

Declension of gabhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gabhar gabhair Vocative a ghabhair a ghabhara Genitive gabhair gabhar Dative gabhar gabhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gabhar na gabhair Genitive an ghabhair na ngabhar Dative leis an ngabhar don ghabhar leis na gabhair

Derived terms

• fiaghabhar
• gabhar angóra
• gabhar fia

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gabhar	ghabhar	ngabhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.