colúr

See also: colur

Irish

colúr

Alternative forms

colbhar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from columba (“pigeon, dove”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈl̪ˠuːɾˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

colúr m (genitive singular colúir, nominative plural colúir)

pigeon (bird)
Synonym: colm

Declension

Declension of colúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	colúr	colúir
Vocative	a cholúir	a cholúra
Genitive	colúir	colúr
Dative	colúr	colúir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an colúr	na colúir
Genitive	an cholúir	na gcolúr
Dative	leis an gcolúr don cholúr	leis na colúir

Derived terms

Derived terms

colúr aille (“rock-dove”)
colúr cluana (“stool-pigeon”)

colúr frithinge (“homing pigeon”)
colúr teachtaireachta (“carrier-pigeon”)

colúr toinne (“black guillemot”)
eolaí colúr, tógálaí colúr (“pigeon-fancier”)

teach colúr (“pigeon-house”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colúr	cholúr	gcolúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"colúr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “colúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “colúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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