Peadar

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Peadar m (genitive Pheadair)

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

Declension

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

Mutation

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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

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  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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Peadar m (genitive Pheadair, vocative a Pheadair)

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

Synonyms

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Mutation

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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.