purgadair

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Latin purgatorium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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purgadair m (genitive purgadair, plural purgadairean)

  1. purgatory
  2. purifier

Usage notes

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
purgadair phurgadair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “purgadair”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN