purpaidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish purpuir, from Latin purpura. Cognate with Welsh porphor and English purple.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰurpi/

Adjective

purpaidh

  1. purple
    Cha toil leam purpaidh idir.I don't like purple at all.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of purpaidh
radical lenition
purpaidh phurpaidh

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

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orains; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc