pipur

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲibur/

Noun

pipur m

1. pepper (spice)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Irish:
  • Irish: piobar
  • Manx: pibbyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: peabar, piobar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
pipur	phipur or unchanged	pipur pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.