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Do_chinniúint
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Post Number: 162
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Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 10:14 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

I was wondering if someone can help me with this word...

I came across it on the web where a person defined it as meaning "beagle."

My little green Collin's Gem Irish Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 gives:

Gadhar nm 1 dog (p 481)

I am familiar with "madra = dog" and "cú = hound"...so is this just another word for "dog" or is this actually the name for the beagle, a specific breed of dog?

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Josh (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 11:07 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

This is a hunting dog.

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Abigail
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Posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 - 02:20 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

"Gadhar" is a general word for "dog" in Munster and parts of Connemara - elsewhere, as Josh says, it's a specialized term for a hunting dog. Nothing so specific as a beagle though.

Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!

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Snoopy (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 - 11:06 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Beagle - Pocadán

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Red Baron (Unregistered Guest)
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Gadhar - a hound, hunting dog; beagle, dog, mastiff; fig. a bully;

~ gaoithe- a bloodhound, a mad dog
~ fiadhaigh - a hunting dog
~ gairid - a terrier
~ fada - cú
~ caorach - a collie
~ gunna - a setter
~ uisce - a water dog

cuirim ~ le -- I set the dog at

De réir Dineen

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Do_chinniúint
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Posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 - 11:43 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Ah...I understand, thanks everyone.



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