pibbyr

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Noun

pibbyr m (genitive singular pibbyragh, no plural)

1. pepper

Derived terms

• pibbyr caiaan (“cayenne pepper”)
• pibbyr doo (“black pepper”)
• pibbyr Injinagh (“allspice”)
• pibbyr y voalley (“stonecrop”)
• red pepper

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pibbyr	phibbyr	bibbyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pipur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language