paidir

See also: Paidir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish paiter, from Latin pater (“father”), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin (Pater noster).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑdʲəɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠadʲəɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠædʲəɾʲ/

Noun

paidir f (genitive singular paidre, nominative plural paidreacha)

1. (Christianity) Lord’s Prayer
2. a prayer

Declension

Declension of paidir (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative paidir paidreacha vocative a phaidir a phaidreacha genitive paidre paidreacha dative paidir paidreacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an phaidir na paidreacha genitive na paidre na bpaidreacha dative leis an bpaidir don phaidir leis na paidreacha

Derived terms

• An Phaidir f (“paternoster”)
• Paidir an Tiarna f (“the Lord’s Prayer”)
• paidrín

Mutation

Mutated forms of paidir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
paidir	phaidir	bpaidir

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) “paidir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “paiter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “paidir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 537
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish paiter, from Latin pater (“father”), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin.

Noun

paidir f (genitive singular paidire, plural paidrichean)

1. (Christianity) the Lord's Prayer, paternoster
2. rosary (beads)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “paidir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “paiter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language