púdar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish púdar, borrowed from Anglo-Norman poudre, from Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠuːd̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

púdar m (genitive singular púdair, nominative plural púdair)

1. powder, dust
2. gunpowder

   Synonym: púdar gunna

   Comhcheilg an Phúdair ― The Gunpowder Plot

Declension

Declension of púdar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative púdar púdair vocative a phúdair a phúdara genitive púdair púdar dative púdar púdair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an púdar na púdair genitive an phúdair na bpúdar dative leis an bpúdar don phúdar leis na púdair

Derived terms

• giolla púdair
• púdar airgid
• púdar bácála
• púdar curaí
• púdar fiacla
• púdar fiaigh
• púdar péisteanna
• púdar snua
• púdar splaince
• púdar tuaracháin
• púdrach
• púdracht
• púdraigh
• púdráil
• snuaphúdar

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of púdar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
púdar	phúdar	bpúdar

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) “púdar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “púdar”, 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, page 45