paor

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠeːɾˠ/, [ˈpˠëːə̯ɾˠ]

Noun

paor m (genitive singular paor or paoir)

1. laughing stock, butt (target of ridicule)
2. grudge [with ar ‘against’]

Declension

As fourth-declension noun:

Declension of paor (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative paor vocative a phaor genitive paor dative paor forms with the definite article case singular nominative an paor genitive an phaor dative leis an bpaor don phaor

As first-declension noun:

Declension of paor (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative paor vocative a phaoir genitive paoir dative paor forms with the definite article case singular nominative an paor genitive an phaoir dative leis an bpaor don phaor

Further reading

• “paor”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “paor”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Noun

paor oblique singular, f (oblique plural paors, nominative singular paor, nominative plural paors)

1. Alternative form of peor

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pavor, pavōrem.

Noun

paor f (oblique plural paors, nominative singular paor, nominative plural paors)

1. fear

Descendants

• Occitan: paur

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pavor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 86

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Bauer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâor/
• Hyphenation: pa‧or

Noun

pȁor m (Cyrillic spelling па̏ор)

1. (regional) peasant, farmer

   Synonym: sèljāk

2. (regional, derogatory) hillbilly

   Synonym: seljàčina

Declension

Declension of paor

	singular	plural
nominative	paor	paori
genitive	paora	paora
dative	paoru	paorima
accusative	paora	paore
vocative	paore	paori
locative	paoru	paorima
instrumental	paorom	paorima

References

• “paor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025