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Meaning of gabhar | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
ɡɑuɾˠ

Definitions

  1. goat
    masculine
  2. (white) horse
    feminine, literary, masculine
  3. Capricorn
  4. scad, Carangidae spp.
    masculine

Equivalents

Deutsch Bastardmakrele Stöcker
English goat scad
Suomi piikkimakrilli

Examples

“Cuir (culaith) s(h)íoda, ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é.”

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

“Mura mbeadh agat ach gabhar bí i lár an aonaigh leis.”

Don't hide your light under a bushel.

“Is doiligh olann a bhaint de ghabhar.”

One can't get blood out of a stone.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gabhar angóra gabhar fia gabhar mara gabhdán gabhdóir gabhlaí

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