pibbyr
Appearance
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).
Noun
[edit]pibbyr m (genitive singular pibbyragh, no plural)
Derived terms
[edit]- pibbyr caiaan (“cayenne pepper”)
- pibbyr doo (“black pepper”)
- pibbyr Injinagh (“allspice”)
- pibbyr y voalley (“stonecrop”)
- red pepper
Mutation
[edit]Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pibbyr | phibbyr | bibbyr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pipur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language