piobar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Noun

piobar m (genitive singular piobair, nominative plural piobair)

1. pepper (plant of the family Piperacea; spice from dried berries of this plant)
2. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)

Declension

Declension of piobar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative piobar piobair Vocative a phiobair a phiobara Genitive piobair piobar Dative piobar piobair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an piobar na piobair Genitive an phiobair na bpiobar Dative leis an bpiobar don phiobar leis na piobair

Derived terms

• gráinne piobair m, piobarchaor f (“peppercorn”)
• lus an phiobair m, miontas piobair m (“peppermint”)
• muileann piobair m (“pepper mill”)
• piobar Chéin (“cayenne pepper”)
• piobar dearg (“capsicum”)
• piobar dubh (“black pepper”)
• piobar glas (“green pepper”)
• piobar te (“hot pepper”)
• piobarach (“peppery”, adjective)
• piobarán (“pepper-castor”)

 

References

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Noun

piobar m (genitive singular piobair, plural piobaran)

1. (Badenoch) Alternative form of peabar
2. pepper

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “piobar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pipur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language