páipéar

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish páipér, from Old French paper (French papier), from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπῡρος (pápūros).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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páipéar m (genitive singular páipéir, nominative plural páipéir)

  1. paper
    Níor eitigh páipéar bán dúch riamh.
    Youth is impressionable.
    (literally, “Blank paper never rejected ink.”)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
páipéar pháipéar bpáipéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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