plúr
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman flur (compare Scottish Gaelic flùr), from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, flōris, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). The initial p- comes from a reinterpretation of initial f- as ph-, the lenition of p-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pˠlˠuːɾˠ/
Noun
plúr m (genitive singular plúir, nominative plural plúir)
- flour
- flower
- Synonym: bláth
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- D’imthigh an buachaill amach as an tigh phobuil arís, ⁊ fuair sé é féin i ngarrdha áluinn breágh plúr, ⁊ bhain sé ceann do na plúra’ ⁊ thug leis é.
- The youth went out of the church again, and found himself in a lovely, fine garden of flowers, and he pulled one of the flowers and brought it with him.
Declension
Declension of plúr
Derived terms
- arán plúir (“flour bread; home-made bread”)
- brachán plúir (“white sauce”)
- ceannaí plúir (“flour-factor”)
- mála plúir (“bag of flour; flour-bag”)
- muileann plúir (“flour-mill”)
- muilleoir plúir (“flour-miller”)
- muilleoireacht plúir (“flour-milling”)
- plúirín (“anil, indigo; pretty girl”)
- plúr an locháin (“water-lobelia”)
- plúr carraige (“rock flour”)
- plúr cruithneachta (“wheaten flour”)
- plúr geal (“white flour”)
- plúr na gréine (“heliotrope”)
- plúr ruibhe (“flowers of sulphur”)
- plúrach (“floury, farinaceous; flower-like, pretty; efflorescent”)
- plúraigh (“effloresce”)
- plúrán cloigneach (“Canterbury bell”)
- plúróg (“pretty girl”)
- plúrscoth (“choicest flower, pick, choice”)
- sos plúir (“relief supply of flour”)
- spréire plúir (“flour-box, flour-dredger”)
See also
- min (“meal”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| plúr | phlúr | bplúr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “plúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “plúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “plúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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