dobhar-chù

See also: Dobhar-chú

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)

  1. otter
    Synonyms: biast-dubh, dòbhran, (Islay) biast-donn, (Argyll, Arran) madadh-donn, (Sutherland) cù-donn

Mutation

Mutation of dobhar-chù
radical lenition
dobhar-chù dhobhar-chù

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

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