Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Certainly ultimately from Latin pirum and thus a doublet of péire, but the details – especially the source of the fortis rr – are unclear.
Noun
[edit]piorra m (genitive singular piorra, nominative plural piorraí)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- leann piorra (“perry”)
- piorra abhcóide (“avocado”)
- piorra deilgneach (“prickly pear”)
Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “piorra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 843; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “piorra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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