pictiúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• peictiúr (Connemara)
• pictiúir m (Munster)

Etymology

From Old French picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“I paint”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲɪcˈtʲuːɾʲ/ (corresponding to the form pictiúir)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuɾˠ/

Noun

pictiúr m (genitive singular pictiúir, nominative plural pictiúir)

1. picture
2. painting

   Synonym: péintéireacht

Declension

Declension of pictiúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pictiúr pictiúir vocative a phictiúir a phictiúra genitive pictiúir pictiúr dative pictiúr pictiúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pictiúr na pictiúir genitive an phictiúir na bpictiúr dative leis an bpictiúr don phictiúr leis na pictiúir

Derived terms

• pictiúrlann f (“picture-house, cinema”)
• pictiúrtha (“pictorial; picturesque”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pictiúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pictiúr	phictiúr	bpictiúr

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