"obair" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈopəð/ [Lewis], /ˈopɪɾʲ/ (note: Uist, Barra), /ˈupɪɾʲ/ (note: Wester Ross), /ˈupəɾʲ/ (note: Wester Ross), [ˈupəɹ̝ʲ~ˈupəj] (note: Wester Ross) Forms: obrach [genitive, singular], oibre [genitive, singular], obraichean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], obair [error-unrecognized-form], n-obair [error-unrecognized-form], h-obair [error-unrecognized-form], t-obair [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|opar}} Old Irish opar, {{der|gd|la|opera}} Latin opera, {{der|gd|ine-pro|*h₃ep-|t=to work}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|obrach|or|oibre|||||plural|obraichean||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=obrach|gen2=oibre|pl=obraichean}} obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)
  1. work, job Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-obair-gd-noun-j72bMJoq
  2. employment Tags: feminine Synonyms: cosnadh, dreuchd
    Sense id: en-obair-gd-noun-CyL0C7cc Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: obraich (english: work, labor; operate) [verb]
Derived forms: an-obair (english: idle work; trifle), ath-obair (english: work done again), blàth-obair (english: embroidery, variegated needlework), bùth-obrach (english: workshop), comh-obair (english: joint work, the same employment), deagh-obair (english: good work; good deed), droch-obair (english: bad work; evil doing, crime; bad job), duadh-obair (english: hard labour; handicraft), grinn-obair (english: mechanics; mechanism), ionad-obrach (english: jobcentre), lìon-obair (english: net-work; chequer-work), main-obair (english: handiwork), neach-obrach (english: worker; employee), obair-cheàrdach (english: smithy-work), obair-cheàrdail (english: engine, machinery, work done by machinery), obair-chrèadha (english: porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery), obair-chumta (english: task), obair-dachaigh (english: homework), obair-dhachaidh, obair-dhìon (english: rampart, bulwark), obair-ghloine (english: glass-work), obair-ghréis (english: embroidery), obair-iarainn (english: foundry), obair-inntinn (english: theory), obair-làimhe (english: handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery), obair-lann (english: laboratory), obair-latha (english: day's work), obair-lìonain, obair-lìn (english: network, chequer-work), obair-shlabhraidh (english: chain-work), obair-taighe (english: housework), obraiche (english: worker, workman, labourer), taigh-oibre (english: workshop; factory)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "idle work; trifle",
      "word": "an-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "work done again",
      "word": "ath-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "embroidery, variegated needlework",
      "word": "blàth-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "workshop",
      "word": "bùth-obrach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "joint work, the same employment",
      "word": "comh-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "good work; good deed",
      "word": "deagh-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bad work; evil doing, crime; bad job",
      "word": "droch-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hard labour; handicraft",
      "word": "duadh-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mechanics; mechanism",
      "word": "grinn-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "jobcentre",
      "word": "ionad-obrach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "net-work; chequer-work",
      "word": "lìon-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "handiwork",
      "word": "main-obair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "worker; employee",
      "word": "neach-obrach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "smithy-work",
      "word": "obair-cheàrdach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "engine, machinery, work done by machinery",
      "word": "obair-cheàrdail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery",
      "word": "obair-chrèadha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "task",
      "word": "obair-chumta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "homework",
      "word": "obair-dachaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "obair-dhachaidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "rampart, bulwark",
      "word": "obair-dhìon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "glass-work",
      "word": "obair-ghloine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "embroidery",
      "word": "obair-ghréis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "foundry",
      "word": "obair-iarainn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "theory",
      "word": "obair-inntinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery",
      "word": "obair-làimhe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "laboratory",
      "word": "obair-lann"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "day's work",
      "word": "obair-latha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "obair-lìonain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "network, chequer-work",
      "word": "obair-lìn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chain-work",
      "word": "obair-shlabhraidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "housework",
      "word": "obair-taighe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "worker, workman, labourer",
      "word": "obraiche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "workshop; factory",
      "word": "taigh-oibre"
    }
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      "form": "oibre",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "obraichean",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "f9accel-form": "p",
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        "g3": "",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "work"
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          "job"
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          "word": "cosnadh"
        },
        {
          "word": "dreuchd"
        }
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈopəð/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈopɪɾʲ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈupɪɾʲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈupəɾʲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈupəɹ̝ʲ~ˈupəj]",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obair"
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    "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "gd-noun 2"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "idle work; trifle",
      "word": "an-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "work done again",
      "word": "ath-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "embroidery, variegated needlework",
      "word": "blàth-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "workshop",
      "word": "bùth-obrach"
    },
    {
      "english": "joint work, the same employment",
      "word": "comh-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "good work; good deed",
      "word": "deagh-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "bad work; evil doing, crime; bad job",
      "word": "droch-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "hard labour; handicraft",
      "word": "duadh-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "mechanics; mechanism",
      "word": "grinn-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "jobcentre",
      "word": "ionad-obrach"
    },
    {
      "english": "net-work; chequer-work",
      "word": "lìon-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "handiwork",
      "word": "main-obair"
    },
    {
      "english": "worker; employee",
      "word": "neach-obrach"
    },
    {
      "english": "smithy-work",
      "word": "obair-cheàrdach"
    },
    {
      "english": "engine, machinery, work done by machinery",
      "word": "obair-cheàrdail"
    },
    {
      "english": "porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery",
      "word": "obair-chrèadha"
    },
    {
      "english": "task",
      "word": "obair-chumta"
    },
    {
      "english": "homework",
      "word": "obair-dachaigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "obair-dhachaidh"
    },
    {
      "english": "rampart, bulwark",
      "word": "obair-dhìon"
    },
    {
      "english": "glass-work",
      "word": "obair-ghloine"
    },
    {
      "english": "embroidery",
      "word": "obair-ghréis"
    },
    {
      "english": "foundry",
      "word": "obair-iarainn"
    },
    {
      "english": "theory",
      "word": "obair-inntinn"
    },
    {
      "english": "handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery",
      "word": "obair-làimhe"
    },
    {
      "english": "laboratory",
      "word": "obair-lann"
    },
    {
      "english": "day's work",
      "word": "obair-latha"
    },
    {
      "word": "obair-lìonain"
    },
    {
      "english": "network, chequer-work",
      "word": "obair-lìn"
    },
    {
      "english": "chain-work",
      "word": "obair-shlabhraidh"
    },
    {
      "english": "housework",
      "word": "obair-taighe"
    },
    {
      "english": "worker, workman, labourer",
      "word": "obraiche"
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      "english": "workshop; factory",
      "word": "taigh-oibre"
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      "form": "h-obair",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "t-obair",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "21": "",
        "22": "",
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        "5": "",
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        "7": "",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "work, job"
      ],
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        [
          "work",
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        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "employment"
      ],
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          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cosnadh"
        },
        {
          "word": "dreuchd"
        }
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈopəð/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈopɪɾʲ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈupɪɾʲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈupəɾʲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈupəɹ̝ʲ~ˈupəj]",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obair"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: obair/Scottish Gaelic 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "obair"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "obair",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: obair/Scottish Gaelic 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.