gaobhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• faobhar

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps an alteration of gaire.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡeːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːwəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːwəɾˠ/, (older) /ˈɡɯːwəɾˠ/

Noun

gaobhar m (genitive singular gaobhair, nominative plural gaobhair)

1. proximity, nearness, vicinity

Declension

Declension of gaobhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gaobhar gaobhair Vocative a ghaobhair a ghaobhara Genitive gaobhair gaobhar Dative gaobhar gaobhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gaobhar na gaobhair Genitive an ghaobhair na ngaobhar Dative leis an ngaobhar don ghaobhar leis na gaobhair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gaobhar	ghaobhar	ngaobhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “gaobhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaoḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 351
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaobhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 27