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Irish

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Etymology

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Certainly ultimately from Latin pirum and thus a doublet of péire, but the details – especially the source of the fortis rr – are unclear.

Noun

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piorra m (genitive singular piorra, nominative plural piorraí)

  1. pear
    Synonym: péire

Declension

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Declension of piorra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative piorra piorraí
vocative a phiorra a phiorraí
genitive piorra piorraí
dative piorra piorraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an piorra na piorraí
genitive an phiorra na bpiorraí
dative leis an bpiorra
don phiorra
leis na piorraí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of piorra
radical lenition eclipsis
piorra phiorra bpiorra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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