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
  • Ó hOdhráin (surname)
    • → English: Horan
• Odharnait

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ər/

Adjective

odhar

1. dun
2. sallow

Derived terms

• bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
odhar	n-odhar	h-odhar	t-odhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “odhar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN