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Where does “gabha” come from?

gabha (Irish) comes from Old Irish gobae, from Proto-Celtic gobanns — smith.

gabha (Irish): smith; present subjunctive analytic of gabh

Definitions

  1. smith; present subjunctive analytic of gabh

Ancestry of “gabha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgobaesmith
2Proto-Celticgobannssmith
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