gobha

gobha
gobha, gobhainn
a smith, Irish gobha, g. gobhann, Old Irish goba, g. gobann, Old Welsh gob, Welsh gof, pl. gofion, Cornish gof, Breton go, Gaulish Gobann-: *gobân; root gobh, as in Greek $$Ggómfos, a bolt, English comb (Windisch), for which See gob. Latin faber may, however, be allied, and the root then be ghob. gobha-uisge, water ousel; also gobha-dubh.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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