accobar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• accobor

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ad-kubrom, possibly identical to the first part of the Gaulish proper noun Ad-cobro-uati (dative, literally “deviner of wishes”). From *kubros (“desiring”) (see cobar), from Proto-Indo-European *kwep-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈakoβar]

Noun

accobar n (genitive accobair)

1. verbal noun of ad·cobra
2. desire, wish
3. covetousness, greed
4. carnal desire, lust

For quotations using this term, see Citations:accobar.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	accobarN	accobarN	accobarL, accobra
Vocative	accobarN	accobarN	accobarL, accobra
Accusative	accobarN	accobarN	accobarL, accobra
Genitive	accobairL	accobar	accobarN
Dative	accobarL, accobur, accubur	accobraib	accobraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• accobrach (“desirous”)
• accobras (“desire”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
accobar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-accobar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accobar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language