paor

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠeːɾˠ/, [ˈpˠëːə̯ɾˠ][1]

Noun

paor m (genitive singular paor or paoir)

  1. laughing stock, butt (target of ridicule)
  2. grudge [with ar ‘against’]

Declension

As fourth-declension noun:

Declension of paor (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative paor
vocative a phaor
genitive paor
dative paor
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an paor
genitive an phaor
dative leis an bpaor
don phaor

As first-declension noun:

Declension of paor (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative paor
vocative a phaoir
genitive paoir
dative paor
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an paor
genitive an phaoir
dative leis an bpaor
don phaor

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28

Further reading

  • paor”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “paor”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 832; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Noun

paor oblique singularf (oblique plural paors, nominative singular paor, nominative plural paors)

  1. alternative form of peor

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pavor, pavōrem.

Noun

paor f (oblique plural paors, nominative singular paor, nominative plural paors)

  1. fear

Descendants

  • Occitan: paur

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bauer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâor/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧or

Noun

pȁor m anim (Cyrillic spelling па̏ор)

  1. (regional) peasant, farmer
    Synonym: sèljāk
  2. (regional, derogatory) hillbilly
    Synonym: seljàčina

Declension

Declension of paor
singular plural
nominative paor paori
genitive paora paora
dative paoru paorima
accusative paora paore
vocative paore paori
locative paoru paorima
instrumental paorom paorima

References

  • paor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025