dobhar-chù

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish doburchú, from Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobhar (water) + (dog).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪o.əɾxu/

Noun

dobhar-chù m (genitive singular dobhar-choin, plural dobhar-choin)

  1. otter
    Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn

Mutation

    Scottish Gaelic mutation
    Radical Lenition
    dobhar-chùdhobhar-chù
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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