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<title type="main">On do fhobair (hobair) or d'fhobair (d'obair).</title><author><persName>Laoide, Seosamh</persName></author><editor><name type="main">Mac Néill, Eoin</name></editor><respStmt>
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		 <note type="N">IG05-10147</note>
		 <note type="L">183</note>
		 <note type="B">1895</note>
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		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>March, 1895</date><idno>IG05-10147</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>On do fhobair (hobair) OR d'fhobair</span>
<lb n="1"/><span>(d'obair).</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>(1) fhobair (hobair), both spellings found; fh = th or h,</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>o short (Ulster and Mayo).</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>(2)  fhóbair (hóbair), as above (1), but o long (Galway).</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>(3) óbair, used after as or budh (Galway).</span></p>
</div>
<pb n="184"/>
<div><lb n="7"/><p><span>(4) d'fhóbair (d'óbair), both spellings used (Munster).</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>(5) dh'fhóbair (dh'óbair), used after budh (Munster).</span></p>
<lb n="9"/>
<lb n="10"/><p><span>O'Reilly gives "fobar or do fhobar," but the final r</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>is always pronounced slender.  O'Begley's spelling is</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>dobair and obair (after is).</span></p>
<lb n="13"/>
<lb n="14"/><p><span>Two constructions are used:</span></p>
<lb n="15"/>
<lb n="16"/><p><span>1.  Followed by infinitive or verbal noun.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>fhobair damh tuitim, I had like to fall (Ulster </span>
<lb n="19"/><span>and Meath).</span></p>
<lb n="20"/>
<lb n="21"/><p><span>fhobair liom tuitim, "I had a'most to fall"</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>(Donegal and Meath).</span></p>
<lb n="23"/>
<lb n="24"/><p><span>fhobair dó mo mharbhadh, he had like to kill me</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>(Armagh).</span></p>
<lb n="26"/>
<lb n="27"/><p><span>fhobair duit a bhualadh, you had like to strike</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>him (Armagh).</span></p>
<lb n="29"/>
<lb n="30"/><p><span>fhobair dó muc a cheannach, he had like to buy a</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>pig (Tyrone)</span></p>
<lb n="32"/>
<lb n="33"/><p><span>fhobair do Shéaghan do leagadh, John had like to</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>knock you down (Armagh).</span></p>
<lb n="35"/>
<lb n="36"/><p><span>Dobair dhó bás d'fhághail, he was like to die</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>(O'Begley).</span></p>
<lb n="38"/>
<lb n="39"/><p><span>[Budh dh'óbair dam é dhearmhad (Cork).  G.J.,</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Nov., p. 118)</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>fhóbair dam tuitim (Galway).</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p><span>In Galway and Mayo the personal is often substi-</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>tuted for the prepositional pronoun, when verb is intrans.</span></p>
<lb n="46"/>
<lb n="47"/><p><span>Fhobair mé thuitim.</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>[Cf. Is feasach mé (Galway) = is fiosach dam].</span></p>
<lb n="49"/>
<lb n="50"/><p><span>C.  When the infinitive alone is used, the sense is </span>
<lb n="51"/><span>passive.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>Ex. Fhobair mo mharbhadh, I had like to be killed</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>(Armagh).</span></p>
<lb n="55"/>
<lb n="56"/><p><span>Ex. Fhobair a bhualadh, he had like to be beaten</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>(Armagh).</span></p>
<lb n="58"/>
<lb n="59"/><p><span>[Cf. Is coir dam a dhéanamh, I ought to do it; but Is</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>cóir a dhéanamh = it ought to be done].</span></p>
<lb n="61"/>
<lb n="62"/><p><span>D.  Very, often, especially in Munster, the infinitve is</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>omitted, the phrase thus contracted being then</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>generally applicable to something that had almost</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>taken place.</span></p>
<lb n="66"/>
<lb n="67"/><p><span>Ex. d'fhóbair duit, you had a narrow escape (Munster).</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>Ex. fhóbair leat, "you had a'most"  (Donegal).</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>Ex. Fhóbair duit, you had like (Armagh).</span></p>
<lb n="70"/>
<lb n="71"/><p><span>II.  Followed by conditional, or, in some districts,</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>though incorrectly, by past tense, preceded by go.</span></p>
<lb n="73"/>
<lb n="74"/><p><span>A.  Conditional without assertive verb.</span></p>
<lb n="75"/>
<lb n="76"/><p><span>Fhobair go dtuitfinn, I had like to fall (Armagh).</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>D'fhóbair go dtuitfinn, in Munster.</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>D'fhóbair go mbuailfeá é, you had like to strike him</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>(Kerry).</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>fhobhair go mbuailfidhe é, he had like to be struck</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>(Armagh).</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>Dobair go ndearmud(f)ainn é,  I had like to have</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>forgot it (O'Begley)</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>Dobair go gcurthaoi an ruaig ar an rann clí do'n </span>
<lb n="85"/><span>tsluagh, the left wing had like to have been routed</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>(O'Begley).</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>gur h-obuir go léigfeadh a inchinn amach, so that he</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>had like to dash (let) his brains out, Seaghán O</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>Neachtain (v. G.J., vol. iii., No. 29, p. 68)</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>A's gur fhóbair go mbrisfeadh mo chroidhe, so that my</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>heart had like to break, Siamsa an Gheimhridh, p. 59.</span></p>
<lb n="92"/>
<lb n="93"/><p><span>B. Past tense.  </span></p>
<lb n="94"/>
<lb n="95"/><p><span>fhobair gur thuit mé (Mayo and Galway).</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>fhobair go ndeachaidh sé ar báinidh (Meath).</span></p>
<lb n="97"/>
<lb n="98"/><p><span>III.  </span>
<lb n="99"/><span>A.  Present time.</span></p>
<lb n="100"/>
<lb n="101"/><p><span>Is obair dhó a chlú do chailleamhain, he is like to lose</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>his credit (O'Begley), I. </span>
<lb n="103"/><span>Is óbair go dtuitfinn, I am like to fall (Galway), II.</span></p>
<lb n="104"/>
<lb n="105"/><p><span>B.  Past time - </span></p>
<lb n="106"/>
<lb n="107"/><p><span>Budh dh'óbair dam é dhearmhad, I was near forgetting</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>it (Cork; G.J., Nov. Number, p. 118), I.</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>Budh óbair go dtuitfinn, I was or had like to fall</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>(Galway), II.</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>Budh dh'óbair go leagfá é (Munster), II.</span></p>
<lb n="112"/>
<lb n="113"/><p>
<lb n="114"/></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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