pictiúr

Irish

Alternative forms

peictiúr (Connemara)
pictiúir m (Munster)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲɪcˈtʲuːɾʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form pictiúir)
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪctʲuɾˠ/

Noun

pictiúr m (genitive singular pictiúir, nominative plural pictiúir)

picture
painting
Synonym: péintéireacht

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

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.

References

Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pictiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “pictiúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “pictiúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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