púdar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish púdar, borrowed from Anglo-Norman poudre, from Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠuːd̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

púdar m (genitive singular púdair, nominative plural púdair)

1. powder, dust
2. gunpowder

   Comhcheilg an Phúdair ― The Gunpowder Plot

   Synonym: púdar gunna

Declension

Declension of púdar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative púdar púdair Vocative a phúdair a phúdara Genitive púdair púdar Dative púdar púdair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an púdar na púdair Genitive an phúdair na bpúdar Dative leis an bpúdar don phúdar leis na púdair

Derived terms

• giolla púdair
• púdar airgid
• púdar bácála
• púdar curaí
• púdar fiacla
• púdar fiaigh
• púdar péisteanna
• púdar snua
• púdar splaince
• púdar tuaracháin
• púdrach
• púdracht
• púdraigh
• púdráil
• snuaphúdar

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
púdar	phúdar	bpúdar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “púdar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “púdar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language