pyshoon

Manx

Etymology

Probably from Middle Irish puinnsiun, from English poison or a Romance source.

Noun

pyshoon m (genitive singular pyshoon, plural pyshoonyn)

1. poison

Derived terms

• noi-physhoon
• pyshoonagh (“poisonous”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pyshoon	physhoon	byshoon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “puinnsiun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language