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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman flur (compare Scottish Gaelic flùr), from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, flōris, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). The initial p- comes from a reinterpretation of initial f- as ph-, the lenition of p-.
Pronunciation
Noun
plúr m (genitive singular plúir, nominative plural plúir)
- flour
- flower
- Synonym: bláth
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:D’imthigh an buachaill amach as an tigh phobuil arís, ⁊ fuair sé é féin i ngarrdha áluinn breágh plúr, ⁊ bhain sé ceann do na plúra’ ⁊ thug leis é.- The youth went out of the church again, and found himself in a lovely, fine garden of flowers, and he pulled one of the flowers and brought it with him.
Declension
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See also
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| plúr
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phlúr
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bplúr
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “plúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “plúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “plúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.