piliúr

Irish

piliúr

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from (now archaic or dialectal) English pillowber (pillow case); see English pillow.

Pronunciation

Noun

piliúr m (genitive singular piliúir, nominative plural piliúir)

  1. pillow

Declension

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Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
piliúr philiúr bpiliúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. “peiliúr” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  2. 3 pilér, pillér, pilliúr” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  3. “pilliúr” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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