# obair
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈɔbˠəɾʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈʌbˠəɾʲ/, /ˈʊbˠəɾʲ/ (as if spelled ubair)

### Noun

obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)
* verbal noun of oibrigh
* work, labor
    Molann an obair an saor. (proverb)A man may be judged by his achievements.(literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)
* job, task
* business, employment
* handiwork

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
obair
oibreacha
vocative
a obair
a oibreacha
genitive
oibre
oibreacha
dative
obair
oibreacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an obair
na hoibreacha
genitive
na hoibre
na n-oibreacha
dative
leis an obair don obair
leis na hoibreacha :

#### Derived terms

* athobair (“repetition of work”)
* bileog oibre (“worksheet”)
* binse oibre (“work-bench”)
* cailín oibre (“work-girl”)
* dea-obair (“good work; good deed”)
* eitic oibre (“work ethic”)
* grúpobair (“group-work”)
* obair adhmaid (“woodwork”)
* obair chloiche (“stonework, masonry”)
* obair ealaíne (“work of art”)
* obair ghloine (“glasswork”)
* obair láimhe (“handiwork”)
* obair lása (“lacework”)
* obair leathair (“leatherwork”)
* obair phaistí
* obair phíosála (“patchwork”)
* obair shnáthaide (“stitchery, needlework”)
* obair thógála (“construction work”)
* obair tí (“housework”)
* oibreacha Dé (“the works of God”)
* oibreacha poiblí (“public works”)
* scríob-obair (“scratch-work”)

### 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), “opar, (opair)”, 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, § 125, page 66
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 43, page 20

### Further reading

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈopəð/
* (Uist, Barra) IPA: /ˈopɪɾʲ/
* (Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈupɪɾʲ/, /ˈupəɾʲ/, [ˈupəɹ̝ʲ~ˈupəj] (corresponding to the form ubair)

### Noun

obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)
* work, job
* employment
    Synonyms: cosnadh, dreuchd

#### Derived terms

* an-obair (“idle work; trifle”)
* ath-obair (“work done again”)
* blàth-obair (“embroidery, variegated needlework”)
* bùth-obrach (“workshop”)
* comh-obair (“joint work, the same employment”)
* deagh-obair (“good work; good deed”)
* droch-obair (“bad work; evil doing, crime; bad job”)
* duadh-obair (“hard labour; handicraft”)
* grinn-obair (“mechanics; mechanism”)
* ionad-obrach (“jobcentre”)
* lìon-obair (“net-work; chequer-work”)
* main-obair (“handiwork”)
* neach-obrach (“worker; employee”)
* obair-cheàrdach (“smithy-work”)
* obair-cheàrdail (“engine, machinery, work done by machinery”)
* obair-chrèadha (“porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery”)
* obair-chumta (“task”)
* obair-dachaigh (“homework”)
* obair-dhachaidh
* obair-dhìon (“rampart, bulwark”)
* obair-ghloine (“glass-work”)
* obair-ghréis (“embroidery”)
* obair-iarainn (“foundry”)
* obair-inntinn (“theory”)
* obair-làimhe (“handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery”)
* obair-lann (“laboratory”)
* obair-latha (“day's work”)
* obair-lìonain, obair-lìn (“network, chequer-work”)
* obair-shlabhraidh (“chain-work”)
* obair-taighe (“housework”)
* obraiche (“worker, workman, labourer”)
* taigh-oibre (“workshop; factory”)

#### Related terms

* obraich (“work, labor; operate”, verb)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “opar, (opair)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN