doburchú

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *dubrokū. By surface analysis, dobur (“water”) +‎ cú (“hound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd̪o.βuɾˌxuː/ (Blasse) [ˈd̪o.βuɾˌxuː] (Griffith) [ˈd̪o.βøɾˌxuː] === Noun === doburchú m (genitive doburchon) otter c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 424 ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: dobharchú Manx: dooarchoo Scottish Gaelic: dobhar-chù === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doburchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language