paidir

See also: Paidir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish paiter, from Latin pater (“father”), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin (Pater noster).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑdʲəɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠadʲəɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠædʲəɾʲ/

Noun

paidir f (genitive singular paidre, nominative plural paidreacha)

1. (Christianity) Lord’s Prayer
2. a prayer

Declension

Declension of paidir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative paidir paidreacha Vocative a phaidir a phaidreacha Genitive paidre paidreacha Dative paidir paidreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phaidir na paidreacha Genitive na paidre na bpaidreacha Dative leis an bpaidir don phaidir leis na paidreacha

Derived terms

• An Phaidir f (“paternoster”)
• Paidir an Tiarna f (“the Lord’s Prayer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
paidir	phaidir	bpaidir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paidir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “paiter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “paidir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 537
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish paiter, from Latin pater (“father”), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin.

Noun

paidir f (genitive singular paidire, plural paidrichean)

1. (Christianity) the Lord's Prayer, paternoster
2. rosary (beads)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “paidir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “paiter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language