pusach

See also: pusách

Irish

Etymology

From pus (“(protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

pusach (genitive singular masculine pusaigh, genitive singular feminine pusaí, plural pusacha, comparative pusaí)

1. pouting, in a huff
2. whimpering, ready to cry

Declension

Declension of pusach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	pusach	phusach	pusacha; phusacha²
Vocative	phusaigh		pusacha
Genitive		pusaí	pusacha	pusach
Dative	pusach; phusach¹	phusach; phusaigh (archaic)	pusacha; phusacha²
Comparative	níos pusaí
Superlative	is pusaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• pusachán m (“pouter, sulky person; blubberer, whimperer; sucking calf; muzzle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pusach	phusach	bpusach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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