pictiúr

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pʲɪcˈtʲuːɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuɾˠ/

Noun

pictiúr m (genitive singular pictiúir, nominative plural pictiúir)

  1. picture
  2. painting

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

Synonyms

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pictiúr phictiúr bpictiúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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