piobar

Irish

Alternative forms

pibear (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish pipur,^[1] from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪbˠəɾˠ/, [ˈpʲɯbˠəɾˠ]^[2]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɨ̞bʲəɾˠ/^[3] (corresponding to the form pibear)

Noun

piobar m (genitive singular piobair, nominative plural piobair)

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

Declension

Declension of piobar (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	piobar	piobair
vocative	a phiobair	a phiobara
genitive	piobair	piobar
dative	piobar	piobair

forms with the definite article
	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 (“peppercorn”)
lus an phiobair m (“peppermint”)
miontas piobair m (“peppermint”)
muileann piobair m (“pepper mill”)
piobar Chéin (“cayenne pepper”)
piobar dearg (“red pepper”)
piobar dubh (“black pepper”)
piobar glas (“green pepper”)
piobar te (“hot pepper”)
piobarach (“peppery”, adjective)
piobarán (“pepper-castor”)
piobarchaor f (“peppercorn”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *piobar*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
piobar	phiobar	bpiobar

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pipur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 19, page 12
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 375, page 127

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “piobar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pipur,^[1] from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʰipəɾ/

Noun

piobar m (genitive singular piobair, plural piobaran)

(Badenoch) alternative form of peabar
pepper

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pipur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “piobar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN