púic
Irish
editEtymology
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Noun
editpúic f (genitive singular púice, nominative plural púiceanna)
Declension
editDeclension of púic
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- púic tae (“tea-cosy”)
- púic uibhe (“egg-cosy”)
- púiceach (“morose, glum; frowning, scowling”)
- púiciúil (“dark, gloomy; glum, sullen”)
- púicshúileach (“sunken-eyed”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “púic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “púic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “púic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024