obair bhaile

Irish

Etymology

From obair (“work”) +‎ baile (“home”), a calque of English homework.

Noun

obair bhaile f (genitive singular obair bhaile)

homework

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
obair bhaile	n-obair bhaile	hobair bhaile	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “obair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “home-work” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
“homework”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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