pinsean

Irish

Alternative forms

• peinsiún
• pinsion (obsolete)

Etymology

From English pension, from Middle English pencioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪnʲʃɯn̪ˠ/

Noun

pinsean m (genitive singular pinsin, nominative plural pinsin)

1. (finance) pension (regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services)

Declension

Declension of pinsean

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pinsean pinsin Vocative a phinsin a phinseana Genitive pinsin pinsean Dative pinsean pinsin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pinsean na pinsin Genitive an phinsin na bpinsean Dative leis an bpinsean don phinsean leis na pinsin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pinsean	phinsean	bpinsean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pinsion”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pensiún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 541
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pinsean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN