dobhar-chù
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish doburchú, from Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) + cù (“dog”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪o.əɾxu/
Noun
dobhar-chù m (genitive singular dobhar-choin, plural dobhar-choin)
- otter
- Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| dobhar-chù | dhobhar-chù |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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