colúr

See also: colur

Irish

Alternative forms

  • colbhar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from columba (“pigeon, dove”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɔˈl̪ˠuːɾˠ/
    (Cork) IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠuːɾˠ/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

colúr m (genitive singular colúir, nominative plural colúir)

  1. pigeon (bird)
    Synonym: colm

Declension

Declension of colúr (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative colúr colúir
vocative a cholúir a cholúra
genitive colúir colúr
dative colúr colúir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an colúr na colúir
genitive an cholúir na gcolúr
dative leis an gcolúr
don cholúr 		leis na colúir

Derived terms

  • colúr aille (“rock-dove”)
  • colúr cluana (“stool-pigeon”)
  • colúr frithinge (“homing pigeon”)
  • colúr teachtaireachta (“carrier-pigeon”)
  • colúr toinne (“black guillemot”)
  • eolaí colúr, tógálaí colúr (“pigeon-fancier”)
  • teach colúr (“pigeon-house”)

Descendants

  • → Yola: cooloor, colure

Mutation

Mutated forms of colúr
radical lenition eclipsis
colúr cholúr gcolúr

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 316, page 105; reprinted 1988

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