colúr

See also: colur

Irish

colúr

Alternative forms

• colbhar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from columba (“pigeon, dove”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɔˈl̪ˠuːɾˠ/

  (Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠuːɾˠ/

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

colúr m (genitive singular colúir, nominative plural colúir)

1. pigeon (bird)

   Synonym: colm

Declension

Declension of colúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative colúr colúir vocative a cholúir a cholúra genitive colúir colúr dative colúr colúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an colúr na colúir genitive an cholúir na gcolúr dative leis an gcolúr don cholúr leis na colúir

Derived terms

• colúr aille (“rock-dove”)
• colúr cluana (“stool-pigeon”)
• colúr frithinge (“homing pigeon”)
• colúr teachtaireachta (“carrier-pigeon”)
• colúr toinne (“black guillemot”)
• eolaí colúr, tógálaí colúr (“pigeon-fancier”)
• teach colúr (“pigeon-house”)

Descendants

• → Yola: cooloor, colure

Mutation

Mutated forms of colúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colúr	cholúr	gcolúr

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “colúr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “colúr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025