obair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔbˠəɾʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌbˠəɾʲ/

Noun

obair f (genitive singular oibre, nominative plural oibreacha)

verbal noun of oibrigh
be engaged in physical work as a labour, activity, or task
1. (product of) work
  Proverb:
  Molann an obair an saor. ― A man may be judged by his achievements. (literally, “The work commends the craftsman.”)
2. strenuous effort, difficulty
carry-on, conduct
cause of wonder
constructional operation
1. plant, manufactory
2. structural part
3. fortification

Declension

Declension of obair

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obair	oibreacha
Vocative	a obair	a oibreacha
Genitive	oibre	oibreacha
Dative	obair	oibreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an obair	na hoibreacha
Genitive	na hoibre	na n-oibreacha
Dative	leis an obair don obair	leis na hoibreacha

Derived terms

athobair f (“repetition of work”)
bileog oibre f (“worksheet”)
binse oibre m (“work-bench”)
cailín oibre (“work-girl”)
dea-obair f (“good work; good deed”)
eitic oibre f (“work ethic”)

grúpobair (“group-work”)
obair adhmaid f (“woodwork”)
obair chloiche f (“stonework, masonry”)
obair ealaíne f (“work of art”)
obair ghloine f (“glasswork”)

obair láimhe f (“handiwork”)
obair lása f (“lacework”)
obair leathair f (“leatherwork”)
obair phaistí f, obair phíosála f (“patchwork”)
obair shnáthaide f (“stitchery, needlework”)

obair thógála (“construction work”)
obair tí (“housework”)
oibreacha Dé f pl (“the works of God”)
oibreacha poiblí (“public works”)
scríob-obair f (“scratch-work”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
obair	n-obair	hobair	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish opar, from Latin opera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /opəɾʲ/

Noun

obair f (genitive singular obrach or oibre, plural obraichean)

work, job
employment
Synonyms: cosnadh, dreuchd

Derived terms

Terms derived from obair

an-obair (“idle work; trifle”)
ath-obair (“work done again”)
blàth-obair (“embroidery, variegated needlework”)
bùth-obrach (“workshop”)
comh-obair (“joint work, the same employment”)
deagh-obair (“good work; good deed”)
droch-obair (“bad work; evil doing, crime; bad job”)
duadh-obair (“hard labour; handicraft”)
grinn-obair (“mechanics; mechanism”)
ionad-obrach (“jobcentre”)
lìon-obair (“net-work; chequer-work”)

main-obair (“handiwork”)
neach-obrach (“worker; employee”)
obair-cheàrdach (“smithy-work”)
obair-cheàrdail (“engine, machinery, work done by machinery”)
obair-chrèadha (“porcelain, china-work, earthenware, delf, pottery”)
obair-chumta (“task”)
obair-dhachaidh
obair-dhìon (“rampart, bulwark”)
obair-ghloine (“glass-work”)
obair-ghréis (“embroidery”)

obair-iarainn (“foundry”)
obair-inntinn (“theory”)
obair-làimhe (“handiwork; work done by hand in contradistinction to that done by machinery”)
obair-lann (“laboratory”)
obair-latha (“day's work”)
obair-lìonain, obair-lìn (“network, chequer-work”)
obair-shlabhraidh (“chain-work”)
obair-taighe (“housework”)
obraiche (“worker, workman, labourer”)
taigh-oibre (“workshop; factory”)

Related terms

obraich (“work, labor; operate”, verb)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
obair	n-obair	h-obair	t-obair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

obair

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Mutation

Further reading