paidir

See also: Paidir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish paiter, from Latin pater (father), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin (Pater noster).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɑdʲəɾʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠadʲəɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠædʲəɾʲ/

Noun

paidir f (genitive singular paidre, nominative plural paidreacha)

  1. (Christianity) Lord’s Prayer
  2. a prayer

Declension

Declension of paidir (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative paidir paidreacha
vocative a phaidir a phaidreacha
genitive paidre paidreacha
dative paidir paidreacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phaidir na paidreacha
genitive na paidre na bpaidreacha
dative leis an bpaidir
don phaidir
leis na paidreacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of paidir
radical lenition eclipsis
paidir phaidir bpaidir

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish paiter, from Latin pater (father), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin.

Noun

paidir f (genitive singular paidire, plural paidrichean)

  1. (Christianity) the Lord's Prayer, paternoster
  2. rosary (beads)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “paidir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “paiter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language