obair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

Pronunciation

Noun

obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)

  1. verbal noun of oibrigh
  2. work, labor
    Molann an obair an saor. (proverb)
    A man may be judged by his achievements.
    (literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)
  3. job, task
  4. business, employment
  5. handiwork

Declension

Declension of obair (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative obair oibreacha
vocative a obair a oibreacha
genitive oibre oibreacha
dative obair oibreacha
forms with the definite article
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”)
  • capall na hoibre an bia (“an army marches on its stomach”)
  • 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

Mutated forms of obair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
obair n-obair hobair not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “opar, (opair)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 43, page 20

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈopəð/[1]
  • (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈopɪɾʲ/[2][3]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈupɪɾʲ/, /ˈupəɾʲ/, [ˈupəɹ̝ʲ~ˈupəj][4] (corresponding to the form ubair)

Noun

obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)

  1. work, job
  2. 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”)
  • obraich (“work, labor; operate”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of obair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
obair n-obair h-obair t-obair

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

Further reading

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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