piléar
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pīlāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pīla (“a pillar, pier, mole”).
Noun
piléar m (genitive singular piléir, nominative plural piléir)
- pillar (large post)
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Tháinic sé colmáin gheala isteach ar an dorus, ⁊ shuidh siad ar philéir go robh an tAifrionn thart, ⁊ annsin chuaidh siad amach ar ais.
- Six white doves came into the door, and they sat upon a pillar till Mass was over, and then they went out.
Declension
Declension of piléar
First declension
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 pilér, (peilér)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “piléar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Metathesis of Middle Irish pirrél (“ballista”), from Old French perriere (“pestle”), from Latin petra (“stone”), from Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā, “stone”). Alternatively, from Middle English pelet (“pellet”), from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).
Declension
Declension of piléar
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 pilér, (peilér)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “piléar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 542
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “piléar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| piléar | philéar | bpiléar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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