"blúire" meaning in Irish

See blúire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbˠl̪ˠuːɾʲə/ [Munster]
Etymology: Dissimilation of brúire, from Middle Irish brúar (“crumbs, bits”), from the root of Old Irish bruïd (“to break in pieces”), from Proto-Celtic *bruseti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*bʰrews-}}, {{glossary|Dissimilation}} Dissimilation, {{der|ga|mga|brúar|t=crumbs, bits}} Middle Irish brúar (“crumbs, bits”), {{der|ga|sga|bruïd|t=to break in pieces}} Old Irish bruïd (“to break in pieces”), {{der|ga|cel-pro|*bruseti}} Proto-Celtic *bruseti, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*bʰrews-|t=to break}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|blúire|||||||nominative plural|blúirí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} blúire m (genitive singular blúire, nominative plural blúirí), {{ga-noun|m|~|blúirí}} blúire m (genitive singular blúire, nominative plural blúirí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: blúire [genitive, singular], blúirí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an blúire [definite, nominative, singular], na blúirí [definite, nominative, plural], an bhlúire [definite, genitive, singular], na mblúirí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mblúire [dative, definite, singular], don bhlúire [dative, definite, singular], leis na blúirí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], blúire [error-unrecognized-form], bhlúire [lenition], mblúire [eclipsis], brúile [alternative], brúille [alternative], brúire [alternative], búire [alternative], spriúille [alternative], sprúille [alternative]
  1. fragment, morsel, scrap, bit, crumb (small amount) Tags: masculine Synonyms (fragment, morsel, bit): píosa, giota
    Sense id: en-blúire-ga-noun-OnOm3r35 Disambiguation of 'fragment, morsel, bit': 100 0
  2. parcel (of land) Tags: masculine Synonyms (parcel (of land)): fearann
    Sense id: en-blúire-ga-noun-UA9JdNNM Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'parcel (of land)': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blúirín [diminutive] Related terms: bruan, bruar, brúigh, brúireach, spruadar, spruar, sprúdar, sprúileach, sprúilleach, sprúireach 
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          "word": "píosa"
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Download raw JSONL data for blúire meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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