dobhrán

See also: dòbhran

Irish

dobhrán

Alternative forms

• dobhramán

Etymology

From Old Irish dobrán m (“otter, beaver”), from dobur (“water”). By surface analysis, dobhar (“water”) +‎ -án.

Noun

dobhrán m (genitive singular dobhráin, nominative plural dobhráin)

1. otter (the mammal)
2. dull-witted, stupid, person

Declension

Declension of dobhrán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dobhrán dobhráin vocative a dhobhráin a dhobhrána genitive dobhráin dobhrán dative dobhrán dobhráin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dobhrán na dobhráin genitive an dobhráin na ndobhrán dative leis an dobhrán don dobhrán leis na dobhráin

Synonyms

• cú dobhráin
• dobharchú

Derived terms

• ball dobhráin (“mole (on skin)”)
• cú dobhráin
• dobhrán Eoráiseach (“European otter”)
• dobhrán mara (“sea otter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dobhrán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dobhrán	dhobhrán	ndobhrán

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dobhrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dobrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language