pillín

See also: pillin

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiliːn/

Noun

pillín m (genitive singular pillín, nominative plural pillíní)

1. pillion
2. small cushion, pad

Declension

Declension of cpillín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cpillín cpillíní Vocative a chpillín a chpillíní Genitive cpillín cpillíní Dative cpillín cpillíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cpillín na cpillíní Genitive an chpillín na gcpillíní Dative leis an gcpillín don chpillín leis na cpillíní

Descendants

• → Yola: pilleen

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pillín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From pillo +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /piˈʝin/ [piˈʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /piˈʝin/ [piˈʝĩn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /piˈʎin/ [piˈʎĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /piˈʃin/ [piˈʃĩn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /piˈʒin/ [piˈʒĩn]

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: pi‧llín

Noun

pillín m (plural pillines, feminine pillina, feminine plural pillinas)

1. (colloquial) naughty boy, rascal