gabhar

Irish
gabhar

Etymology

From Old Irish gabor (“goat, horse”), from Proto-Celtic *gabros (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“male hooved animal”). Cognate with Latin caper (“goat”) and Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəuɾˠ/

Noun

gabhar m (genitive singular gabhair, nominative plural gabhair)

  1. goat

Declension
Declension of gabhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gabhar gabhair
Vocative a ghabhair a ghabhara
Genitive gabhair gabhar
Dative gabhar gabhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gabhar na gabhair
Genitive an ghabhair na ngabhar
Dative leis an ngabhar

don ghabhar

 leis na gabhair

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gabhar ghabhar ngabhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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