obair

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɔbˠəɾʲ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈobˠəɾʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɞbˠəɾʲ/, /ˈʊbˠəɾʲ/ === Noun === obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha) verbal noun of oibrigh work, labor job, task business, employment handiwork ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “obair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 805; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “obair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “obair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “obair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”). === Pronunciation === (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈopəð/ (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈopɪɾʲ/ (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈupɪɾʲ/, /ˈupəɾʲ/, [ˈupəɹ̝ʲ~ˈupəj] (corresponding to the form ubair) === Noun === obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean) work, job employment Synonyms: cosnadh, dreuchd ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== obraich (“work, labor; operate”, verb) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “opar, (opair)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language