péire
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʲeːɾʲə/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of pār.
Noun
péire m (genitive singular péire, nominative plural péirí)
- pair (two similar or identical things)
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:
- Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
- A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.
- Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
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Declension
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Derived terms
- ordphéire (“couple”) (mathematics)
- péireáil (“pair”, transitive verb)
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Etymology 3
From Middle Irish péire, from Anglo-Norman peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
Péire péirí.
Declension
Declension of péire
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Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| péire | phéire | bpéire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "péire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “pair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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