páipéar

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish páipér, from Old French paper (French papier), from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπῡρος (pápūros).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

páipéar m (genitive singular páipéir, nominative plural páipéir)

  1. paper
    Níor eitigh páipéar bán dúch riamh.
    Youth is impressionable.
    (literally, “Blank paper never rejected ink.”)

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
páipéar pháipéar bpáipéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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