pictiúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• peictiúr (Connemara)
• pictiúir m (Munster)

Etymology

From Old French picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“I paint”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲɪcˈtʲuːɾʲ/ (corresponding to the form pictiúir)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuɾˠ/

Noun

pictiúr m (genitive singular pictiúir, nominative plural pictiúir)

1. picture
2. painting

   Synonym: péintéireacht

Declension

Declension of pictiúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pictiúr pictiúir Vocative a phictiúir a phictiúra Genitive pictiúir pictiúr Dative pictiúr pictiúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pictiúr na pictiúir Genitive an phictiúir na bpictiúr Dative leis an bpictiúr don phictiúr leis na pictiúir

Derived terms

• pictiúrlann f (“picture-house, cinema”)
• pictiúrtha (“pictorial; picturesque”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pictiúr	phictiúr	bpictiúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pictiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “pictiúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “pictiúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.