"obair" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔbˠəɾʲ/ [Connacht, Munster], /ˈʊbˠɪɾʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|opar}} Old Irish opar, {{der|ga|la|opera}} Latin opera, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*h₃ep-|t=to work}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|oibre|||||||nominative plural|oibreacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha), {{ga-noun|f|oibre|oibreacha}} obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|o|bair|ibre|pl=ibreacha}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: oibre [genitive, singular], oibreacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], obair [indefinite, nominative, singular], oibreacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a obair [indefinite, singular, vocative], a oibreacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], oibre [genitive, indefinite, singular], oibreacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], obair [dative, indefinite, singular], oibreacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an obair [definite, nominative, singular], na hoibreacha [definite, nominative, plural], na hoibre [definite, genitive, singular], na n-oibreacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an obair [dative, definite, singular], don obair [dative, definite, singular], leis na hoibreacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], obair [mutation, mutation-radical], n-obair [eclipsis, mutation], hobair [mutation, prothesis-h], - [mutation, prothesis-t]
  1. verbal noun of oibrigh Tags: feminine, form-of, noun-from-verb Form of: oibrigh
    Sense id: en-obair-ga-noun-pG5CYe2m Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 76 5 12 6 1
  2. work, labor Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-obair-ga-noun-QdcHBrs5
  3. job, task Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-obair-ga-noun-9Ab3sNyp
  4. business, employment Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-obair-ga-noun-3sMnGSzC
  5. handiwork Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-obair-ga-noun-sOisskJ~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: athobair (english: repetition of work), bileog oibre (english: worksheet), binse oibre (english: work-bench), cailín oibre (english: work-girl), dea-obair (english: good work; good deed), eitic oibre (english: work ethic), grúpobair (english: group-work), obair adhmaid (english: woodwork), obair chloiche (english: stonework, masonry), obair ealaíne (english: work of art), obair ghloine (english: glasswork), obair láimhe (english: handiwork), obair lása (english: lacework), obair leathair (english: leatherwork), obair phaistí, obair phíosála (english: patchwork), obair shnáthaide (english: stitchery, needlework), obair thógála (english: construction work), obair tí (english: housework), oibreacha Dé (english: the works of God), oibreacha poiblí (english: public works), scríob-obair (english: scratch-work)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "repetition of work",
      "word": "athobair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "worksheet",
      "word": "bileog oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "work-bench",
      "word": "binse oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "work-girl",
      "word": "cailín oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "good work; good deed",
      "word": "dea-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "work ethic",
      "word": "eitic oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "group-work",
      "word": "grúpobair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "woodwork",
      "word": "obair adhmaid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stonework, masonry",
      "word": "obair chloiche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "work of art",
      "word": "obair ealaíne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "glasswork",
      "word": "obair ghloine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "handiwork",
      "word": "obair láimhe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lacework",
      "word": "obair lása"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "leatherwork",
      "word": "obair leathair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obair phaistí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "patchwork",
      "word": "obair phíosála"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stitchery, needlework",
      "word": "obair shnáthaide"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "construction work",
      "word": "obair thógála"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "housework",
      "word": "obair tí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the works of God",
      "word": "oibreacha Dé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "public works",
      "word": "oibreacha poiblí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "scratch-work",
      "word": "scríob-obair"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "opar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish opar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "opera"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin opera",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃ep-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oibre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hoibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hoibre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na hoibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-obair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hobair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "prothesis-t"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "oibreacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "oibre",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "oibre",
        "3": "oibreacha"
      },
      "expansion": "obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "o",
        "2": "bair",
        "3": "ibre",
        "pl": "ibreacha"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f2"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 5 12 6 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "oibrigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of oibrigh"
      ],
      "id": "en-obair-ga-noun-pG5CYe2m",
      "links": [
        [
          "oibrigh",
          "oibrigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)",
          "ref": "Molann an obair an saor. (proverb)",
          "text": "A man may be judged by his achievements.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, labor"
      ],
      "id": "en-obair-ga-noun-QdcHBrs5",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "job, task"
      ],
      "id": "en-obair-ga-noun-9Ab3sNyp",
      "links": [
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "business, employment"
      ],
      "id": "en-obair-ga-noun-3sMnGSzC",
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handiwork"
      ],
      "id": "en-obair-ga-noun-sOisskJ~",
      "links": [
        [
          "handiwork",
          "handiwork"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔbˠəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊbˠɪɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "obair"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "gd-noun 2"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "repetition of work",
      "word": "athobair"
    },
    {
      "english": "worksheet",
      "word": "bileog oibre"
    },
    {
      "english": "work-bench",
      "word": "binse oibre"
    },
    {
      "english": "work-girl",
      "word": "cailín oibre"
    },
    {
      "english": "good work; good deed",
      "word": "dea-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "work ethic",
      "word": "eitic oibre"
    },
    {
      "english": "group-work",
      "word": "grúpobair"
    },
    {
      "english": "woodwork",
      "word": "obair adhmaid"
    },
    {
      "english": "stonework, masonry",
      "word": "obair chloiche"
    },
    {
      "english": "work of art",
      "word": "obair ealaíne"
    },
    {
      "english": "glasswork",
      "word": "obair ghloine"
    },
    {
      "english": "handiwork",
      "word": "obair láimhe"
    },
    {
      "english": "lacework",
      "word": "obair lása"
    },
    {
      "english": "leatherwork",
      "word": "obair leathair"
    },
    {
      "word": "obair phaistí"
    },
    {
      "english": "patchwork",
      "word": "obair phíosála"
    },
    {
      "english": "stitchery, needlework",
      "word": "obair shnáthaide"
    },
    {
      "english": "construction work",
      "word": "obair thógála"
    },
    {
      "english": "housework",
      "word": "obair tí"
    },
    {
      "english": "the works of God",
      "word": "oibreacha Dé"
    },
    {
      "english": "public works",
      "word": "oibreacha poiblí"
    },
    {
      "english": "scratch-work",
      "word": "scríob-obair"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "opar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish opar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "opera"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin opera",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃ep-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oibre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hoibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hoibre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-oibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don obair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na hoibreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-obair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hobair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "prothesis-t"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "oibreacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "oibre",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "oibre",
        "3": "oibreacha"
      },
      "expansion": "obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "o",
        "2": "bair",
        "3": "ibre",
        "pl": "ibreacha"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f2"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish verbal nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "oibrigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of oibrigh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oibrigh",
          "oibrigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)",
          "ref": "Molann an obair an saor. (proverb)",
          "text": "A man may be judged by his achievements.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, labor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "job, task"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "business, employment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handiwork"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handiwork",
          "handiwork"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔbˠəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊbˠɪɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "obair"
}

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