Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish topar, from Old Irish topur.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tobar m (genitive singular tobair, nominative plural toibreacha)

  1. well
  2. spring

Declension edit

  • Obsolete nominative plural: tobair

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tobar thobar dtobar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “topar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tobar m or f (genitive singular tobair, plural tobrachan)

  1. A cistern, a fountain
  2. A well, a spring
  3. A source, origin

Derived terms edit