colúr
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See also: colur
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
colúr m (genitive singular colúir, nominative plural colúir)
Declension[edit]
Declension of colúr
Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “colúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “colúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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