dobhar-chù
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish doburchú, from Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) + cù (“dog”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dobhar-chù m (genitive singular dobhar-choin, plural dobhar-choin)
- otter
- Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| dobhar-chù | dhobhar-chù |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |