péire
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of pār.
Noun edit
péire m (genitive singular péire, nominative plural péirí)
- pair (two similar or identical things)
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:
- Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
- A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.
Declension edit
Declension of péire
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
péire m (genitive singular péire)
- milt (fish semen)
Declension edit
Declension of péire
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Irish péire, from Anglo-Norman peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
Noun edit
péire m (genitive singular péire, nominative plural péirí)
- pear (fruit)
Declension edit
Declension of péire
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
péire | phéire | bpéire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “pair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024