piobar

Irish

Alternative forms

• pibear (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪbˠəɾˠ/, [ˈpʲɯbˠəɾˠ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɨ̞bʲəɾˠ/ (corresponding to the form pibear)

Noun

piobar m (genitive singular piobair, nominative plural piobair)

1. pepper (plant of the family Piperacea; spice from dried berries of this plant)
2. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)

Declension

Declension of piobar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative piobar piobair vocative a phiobair a phiobara genitive piobair piobar dative piobar piobair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an piobar na piobair genitive an phiobair na bpiobar dative leis an bpiobar don phiobar leis na piobair

Derived terms

• gráinne piobair m (“peppercorn”)
• lus an phiobair m (“peppermint”)
• miontas piobair m (“peppermint”)
• muileann piobair m (“pepper mill”)
• piobar Chéin (“cayenne pepper”)
• piobar dearg (“red pepper”)
• piobar dubh (“black pepper”)
• piobar glas (“green pepper”)
• piobar te (“hot pepper”)
• piobarach (“peppery”, adjective)
• piobarán (“pepper-castor”)
• piobarchaor f (“peppercorn”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of piobar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
piobar	phiobar	bpiobar

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) “piobar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰipəɾ/

Noun

piobar m (genitive singular piobair, plural piobaran)

1. (Badenoch) Alternative form of peabar
2. pepper

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “piobar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN