dobhrán

See also: dòbhran

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dobhramán

Etymology

From Middle Irish dobrán m (“otter, beaver”), from dobur (“water”).[1] By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

dobhrán m (genitive singular dobhráin, nominative plural dobhráin)

  1. otter (an aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae)
  2. dull-witted, stupid, person

Declension

Declension of dobhrán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dobhrán dobhráin
vocative a dhobhráin a dhobhrána
genitive dobhráin dobhrán
dative dobhrán dobhráin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dobhrán na dobhráin
genitive an dobhráin na ndobhrán
dative leis an dobhrán
don dobhrán 		leis na dobhráin

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dobhrán
radical lenition eclipsis
dobhrán dhobhrán ndobhrán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dobrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974), The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 184, page 18
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 212

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “doḃrán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 349; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dobhrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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