pigín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

pigín m (genitive singular pigín, nominative plural pigíní)

1. piggin, pail

Declension

Declension of pigín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative pigín pigíní Vocative a phigín a phigíní Genitive pigín pigíní Dative pigín pigíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an pigín na pigíní Genitive an phigín na bpigíní Dative leis an bpigín don phigín leis na pigíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pigín	phigín	bpigín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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