piliúr

Irish

piliúr

Alternative forms

• peiliúr (Cois Fharraige)
• piléur (obsolete)
• pilliúr

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle English pilwer (“pillow case”), from pilwe (“pillow”) + Old Norse ver (“case, cover”).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɛlʲuːɾˠ/ (corresponding to the alternative form peiliúr)

Noun

piliúr m (genitive singular piliúir, nominative plural piliúir)

1. pillow

Declension

Declension of piliúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative piliúr piliúir Vocative a philiúir a philiúra Genitive piliúir piliúr Dative piliúr piliúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an piliúr na piliúir Genitive an philiúir na bpiliúr Dative leis an bpiliúr don philiúr leis na piliúir

Synonyms

• adhairt
• ceannadhairt

Derived terms

• clúdach piliúir (“pillow-case”)
• lása piliúir (“pillow-lace”)
• piliúr lása (“lace-pillow”)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “piliúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN