Irish

Adjective

bodhar ‎(genitive singular masculine bodhair, genitive singular feminine bodhaire, plural bodhra, comparative bodhaire)

1. deaf
2. bothered, confused
3. (of sound) dull
4. (of limb) numb
5. (of rock) immovable; (of water) stagnant

Declension

Derived terms

• bodharghuth m ‎(“hollow voice, sound”)
• bodharuisce m ‎(“stagnant, bilge-, water”)
• bodhraigh ‎(“deafen; bother, annoy; deaden”, verb)
• bodhrán m ‎(“drum; deaf person”)

Related terms

• bodhaire f ‎(“deafness; dullness (of sound)”)

Noun

bodhar m ‎(genitive singular bodhair, nominative plural bodhair)

1. deaf person

Declension

Mutation

References

• "bodhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “bodar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bodar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHros. Cognate with Sanskrit बधिर ‎(badhira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̊o.əɾ]

Adjective

bodhar ‎(comparative buidhre)

1. deaf, hard of hearing
2. dull, heavy

Noun

bodhar m ‎(genitive singular bodhair, plural bodhair)

1. deaf person

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “bodar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.