purgadair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Latin purgatorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰuɾukətɛrʲ/

Noun

purgadair m (genitive purgadair, plural purgadairean)

1. purgatory
2. purifier

Usage notes

• The religious term is also called an Teine Mòr.

Mutation

Mutation of purgadair

radical	lenition
purgadair	phurgadair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “purgadair”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN