pictiúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• peictiúr (Connemara)
• pictiúir m

Etymology

From Old French picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“I paint”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [pʲɪcˈtʲuːɾˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈpʲɪctʲuːɾˠ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈpʲɪctʲuɾˠ]

Noun

pictiúr m (genitive singular pictiúir, nominative plural pictiúir)

1. picture
2. painting

Declension

Declension of pictiúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pictiúr pictiúir Vocative a phictiúir a phictiúra Genitive pictiúir pictiúr Dative pictiúr pictiúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pictiúr na pictiúir Genitive an phictiúir na bpictiúr Dative leis an bpictiúr don phictiúr leis na pictiúir

Synonyms

• (painting): péintéireacht

Derived terms

• pictiúrlann f (“picture-house, cinema”)
• pictiúrtha (“pictorial; picturesque”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pictiúr	phictiúr	bpictiúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "pictiúr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “picture” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.