piseog
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Irish. Doublet of box, pyx, and pyxis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpiseog (plural piseogs)
Anagrams
editIrish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish piseóc (“charm, witchcraft”), probably borrowed from Latin pyxis (“medicine box”).[1]
Noun
editpiseog f (genitive singular piseoige, nominative plural piseoga)
- superstition, belief
- (in the plural) superstition(s), superstitious practices
- spell, charm, medicine
Declension
editDeclension of piseog
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: piseog
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
piseog | phiseog | bpiseog |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “piseog”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page piseach
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “piseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “piseóc, (pisóc)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “piseog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “piseog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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