plúr

See also: plur, PLUR, plur., and Plur.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman flur (compare Scottish Gaelic flùr), from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, 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 1, 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

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plúr	plúir
Vocative	a phlúir	a phlúra
Genitive	plúir	plúr
Dative	plúr	plúir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an plúr	na plúir
Genitive	an phlúir	na bplúr
Dative	leis an bplúr don phlúr	leis na plúir

Derived terms

arán plúir
brachán plúir
ceannaí plúir
mála plúir
muileann plúir
muilleoireacht plúir
muilleoir plúir
plúirín
plúrach
plúraigh
plúrán cloigneach
plúr an locháin
plúr carraige
plúr cruithneachta
plúr geal
plúr na gréine
plúróg
plúr ruibhe
plúrscoth
sos plúir
spréire plúir

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.