cobar
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From co + -bar.
Noun
cobar m
- river, gully, channel, sluice
Derived terms
- cobarî
Old Irish
Etymology
Probably the verbal noun of unattested *cobur, from Proto-Celtic *kubreti, from Proto-Indo-European *kup- (“wish”). Compare ad·cobra. Cognate with Latin cupiō.
Noun
cobar ?
- desiring
Usage notes
Used in compounds (see Derived terms).
Derived terms
- accobar
- Conchobar m (“Proper name: hound-desiring”)
- Ólchobar m (“Proper name: drink-desiring, fond of drink”)
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cobar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language