púdar
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish púdar, borrowed from Anglo-Norman poudre, from Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
púdar m (genitive singular púdair, nominative plural púdair)
- powder, dust
- gunpowder
- Synonym: púdar gunna
- Comhcheilg an Phúdair ― The Gunpowder Plot
Declension edit
Declension of púdar
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
púdar | phúdar | bpúdar |
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) “púdar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “púdar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45