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): /kɔˈl̪ˠuːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

colúr m (genitive singular colúir, nominative plural colúir)

1. 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

• 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”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: cooloor, colure

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “colúr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “colúr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024