# gabhar
## Irish
### 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

* (Munster) IPA: /ɡɑuɾˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈɡɑuəɾˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ɡoːɾˠ/

### Noun

gabhar m (genitive singular gabhair, nominative plural gabhair)
* goat
    Cuir (culaith) s(h)íoda, ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é. (proverb)You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.(literally, “Put silk (clothes) on a goat, and it's still a goat.”)
    Mura mbeadh agat ach gabhar bí i lár an aonaigh leis. (proverb)Don't hide your light under a bushel.(literally, “If all you have is a goat, be in the middle of the fair with it.”)
    Is doiligh olann a bhaint de ghabhar. (proverb)One can't get blood out of a stone.(literally, “It's difficult to get wool from a goat.”)
* scad, horse-mackerel
    Synonyms: bolmán, bolmán Atlantach

#### 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

* An Gabhar (“Capricorn”)
* aoire gabhar (“goatherd”)
* beach ghabhair (“wasp”, literally “goat bee”)
* cluimhreach gabhair (“mare's-tail”)
* craiceann gabhair (“goatskin”)
* fiaghabhar (“wild goat, chamois”)
* gabhar angóra (“angora”)
* gabhar deorach (“male snipe”)
* gabhar fia (“wild goat, chamois”)
* gabhar fiáin (“wild goat, chamois”)
* gabhar reo (“male snipe”)
* gabhar sléibhe (“mountain goat”)
* gabhar tiomanta (“scapegoat”)
* pocaide gabhair (“billygoat”)
* sceilpín gabhair (“stooge”)
* tréadaí gabhar (“goatherd”)

### Noun

gabhar f or m (genitive singular gabhra, nominative plural gabhra)
* (literary) (white) horse

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
gabhar
gabhra
vocative
a ghabhar
a ghabhra
genitive
gabhra
gabhra
dative
gabhar
gabhra
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an ghabhar
na gabhra
genitive
na gabhra
na ngabhra
dative
leis an ngabhar don ghabhar
leis na gabhra :

##### Alternative declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
gabhar
gabhra
vocative
a ghabhar
a ghabhra
genitive
gabhra
gabhar
dative
gabhar
gabhra
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an gabhar
na gabhra
genitive
an ghabhra
na ngabhar
dative
leis an ngabhar don ghabhar
leis na gabhra :

#### Derived terms

* gabhra lir (“white-crested waves”)
* gabhra réin (“white-crested waves”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gabor ‘goat’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gabor ‘horse’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 200, page 101
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 121

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gabhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “gabhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025