pibbyr
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish pipur, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”).
Noun
editpibbyr m (genitive singular pibbyragh, no plural)
Derived terms
edit- pibbyr caiaan (“cayenne pepper”)
- pibbyr doo (“black pepper”)
- pibbyr Injinagh (“allspice”)
- pibbyr y voalley (“stonecrop”)
- red pepper
Mutation
edit| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pibbyr | phibbyr | bibbyr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pipur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language