púic

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

púic f (genitive singular púice, nominative plural púiceanna)

1. blind over eyes, mask; covering
2. moroseness, glumness
3. frown, scowl

Declension

Declension of púic

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative púic púiceanna Vocative a phúic a phúiceanna Genitive púice púiceanna Dative púic púiceanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phúic na púiceanna Genitive na púice na bpúiceanna Dative leis an bpúic don phúic leis na púiceanna

Derived terms

• púic tae (“tea-cosy”)
• púic uibhe (“egg-cosy”)
• púiceach (“morose, glum; frowning, scowling”)
• púiciúil (“dark, gloomy; glum, sullen”)
• púicshúileach (“sunken-eyed”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
púic	phúic	bpúic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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