purgadair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Latin purgatorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰuɾukətɛrʲ/

Noun

purgadair m (genitive purgadair, plural purgadairean)

1. purgatory
2. purifier

Usage notes

• The religious term is also called an Teine Mòr.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
purgadair	phurgadair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “purgadair”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN