An Tobar / Tober

An Tobar / Tober (also Tubber) is a small village between Moate and Clara in Co. Offaly

Vocabulary:
tobar [m] = well; spring, fountain
an tobar = the well

Grammar:
tobar / an tobar = a well / the well
tobair / an tobair = of a well / of the well
toibreacha / na toibreacha = wells / the wells
toibreacha / na dtoibreacha = of wells / of the wells

An eclipsis (urú) is applied to masculine and feminine nouns (except those starting with h, j, l, m, n, r, s, v and z) in plural genitive which follow a definite article “na”.

arán [m] (bread) > na n-arán (of the breads)
bóthar [m] (a road) > na mbóithre (of the roads)
cíor [f] (a comb) > na gcíor (of the combs)
deis [f] (an opportunity) > na ndeiseanna (of the opportunities)
éan [m] (a bird) > na n-éin (of the birds)
fear [m] (a man) > na bhfear (of the men)
grian [f] (a sun) > na ngrianta (of the suns)
hata [m] (a hat) > na hataí (of the hats)
iníon [f] (a daughter) > na n-iníonacha (of the daughters)
jíp [m] (a jeep) > na jípeanna (of the jeeps)
leoraí [m] (a lorry) > na leoraithe (of the lorries)
máithair [f] (a mother) > na máithreacha (of the mothers)
nádúr [m] (a nature) > na nádúr (of the natures)
óg [m] (a youngster) > na n-óg (of the youngsters)
pian [f] (a pain) > na bpianta (of the pains)
rí [m] (a king) > na rítheatha (of the kings)
slí [f] (a way) > na slithe (of the ways)
tae [m] (a tea) > na dtaenna (of the teas)
úll [m] (an apple) > na n-úll (of the apples)
vác [m] (a quack) > na vácanna (of the quacks)
zú [m] (a zoo) > na zúnna (of the zoos)

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