plúr

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman flur (compare Scottish Gaelic flùr), from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). The initial p- comes from a reinterpretation of initial f- as ph-, the lenition of p-.

• IPA^(key): /pˠlˠuːɾˠ/

plúr m (genitive singular plúir, nominative plural plúir)

1. flour
2. flower

   Synonym: bláth

   • 1894 March 1, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     D’imthigh an buachaill amach as an tigh phobuil arís, ⁊ fuair sé é féin i ngarrdha áluinn breágh plúr, ⁊ bhain sé ceann do na plúra’ ⁊ thug leis é.

     The youth went out of the church again, and found himself in a lovely, fine garden of flowers, and he pulled one of the flowers and brought it with him.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “plúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “plúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “plúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “plúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.