doburchú
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobur (“water”) + cú (“hound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdovurˌxuː/
Noun
doburchú m (genitive doburchon)
- otter
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 424
- dobarcú .i. cú uisci
- otter, that is: hound of water
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 424
Declension
| Masculine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | doburchú | doburchoinL | doburchoin |
| Vocative | doburchú | doburchoinL | doburchonaH |
| Accusative | doburchoinN | doburchoinL | doburchonaH |
| Genitive | doburchon | doburchonL | doburchonN |
| Dative | doburchoinL, doburchúL | doburchonaib | doburchonaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: dobharchú
- Manx: dooarchoo
- Scottish Gaelic: dobhar-chù
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| doburchú | doburchú pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndoburchú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doburchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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