Peadar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Petur, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲad̪ˠəɾˠ/[1][2]

Proper noun

Peadar m (genitive Pheadair)

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter
  2. (biblical) Peter (Apostle)

Declension

Declension of Peadar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Peadar
vocative a Pheadair
genitive Peadair
dative Peadar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Peadar
genitive an Pheadair
dative leis an bPeadar
don Pheadar

Mutation

Mutated forms of Peadar
radical lenition eclipsis
Peadar Pheadar bPeadar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 405.2, page 94
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 397, page 132

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Petur, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰet̪əɾ/

Proper noun

Peadar m (genitive Pheadair, vocative a Pheadair)

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter
  2. (biblical) Peter

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of Peadar
radical lenition
Peadar Pheadar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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