péire

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲeːɾʲə/

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of pār.

péire m (genitive singular péire, nominative plural péirí)

1. 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.

• ordphéire (“couple”) (mathematics)
• péireáil (“pair”, transitive verb)

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péire m (genitive singular péire)

1. milt (fish semen)

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 m (genitive singular péire, nominative plural péirí)

1. pear (fruit)

• piorra

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “pair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025