puithín

Irish

Etymology

From puth +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɪˈhiːnʲ/

Noun

puithín m (genitive singular puithín, nominative plural puithíní)

1. little gust (of wind), little breeze

Declension

Declension of puithín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative puithín puithíní Vocative a phuithín a phuithíní Genitive puithín puithíní Dative puithín puithíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an puithín na puithíní Genitive an phuithín na bpuithíní Dative leis an bpuithín don phuithín leis na puithíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
puithín	phuithín	bpuithín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “puiṫín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28