obair
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈɔbˠəɾʲ/, /ˈʌbˠəɾʲ/
noun
Definitions
- be engaged in physical work as a labour, activity, or task
- carry-on, conduct
- cause of wonder
- constructional operation
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish opar derived from Latin opera (work, labor, id) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃ep-
Gloss
work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- officious English
- omnivore English
- operameter English
- cōpia Latin
- officium Latin
- omnivorus Latin
- opera Latin
- operarius Latin
- optimus Latin
- opus Latin
- ogni Italian
- opera Italian
- obra Spanish, Castilian
- ὄμπνη Ancient Greek
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep-(i)- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃épos, *h₃ép-os Proto-Indo-European
- *abnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *abniją Proto-Germanic
- athobair Irish
- baile Irish
- grúpobair Irish
- imoibrigh Irish
- obair bhaile Irish
- oibrigh Irish
- oibrí Irish
- oibríocht Irish
- uevre Old French
- obra Catalan, Valencian
- opar Old Irish
- obair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- aa-obbyr Manx
- ard-obbyr Manx
- co-obbragh Manx
- co-obbyr Manx
- neuobbraght Manx
- obbree Manx
- obbyr Manx
- vepër Albanian
- obra Old Portuguese
- òbra Occitan
- *opis Proto-Italic
- ouvra Romansh
- ovra Romansh
- opare Friulian
- huebra Old Spanish
- euvre Bourguignon