cobar
See also: Cobar
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
cobar m
Derived terms edit
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Celtic *kubros, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to be angry, desire, tremble”) with adjectival suffix *-rós. Compare ad·cobra. Cognate with Latin cupiō and Sanskrit कुप्यति (kupyati, “to be angry, tremble”).[1]
Noun edit
cobar ?
Usage notes edit
Used in compounds (see Derived terms).
Derived terms edit
- accobar
- ad·cobra
- Conchobar m (“Proper name: hound-desiring”)
- Ólchobar m (“Proper name: drink-desiring, fond of drink”)
References edit
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “-cobar”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-135
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cobar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language