puiteach

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “maybe from English 'putty', but that's only speculation.”)

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʊtʲəx/

Noun

puiteach m (genitive singular puitigh)

1. mud, muck

   Synonyms: láib, lathach

Declension

Declension of puiteach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative puiteach Vocative a phuiteach Genitive puitigh Dative puiteach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an phuiteach Genitive na puitigh Dative leis an bpuiteach don phuiteach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
puiteach	phuiteach	bpuiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “puiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “puiteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “puiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024