pianpháis

Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain”) +‎ páis (“passion, suffering”).

Noun

pianpháis f (genitive singular pianpháise)

  1. anguish
  2. agony of suspense

Declension

Declension of pianpháis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative pianpháis
vocative a phianpháis
genitive pianpháise
dative pianpháis
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an phianpháis
genitive na pianpháise
dative leis an bpianpháis
don phianpháis

Derived terms

  • pianpháiseach

Mutation

Mutated forms of pianpháis
radical lenition eclipsis
pianpháis phianpháis bpianpháis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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