pioctha
Irish
Participle
pioctha
- past participle of pioc (“to pick”)
Adjective
pioctha
- spruce (smart and elegant), spruced up, dapper
- neat, tidy
- pioctha bearrtha ― spick-and-span
- pioctha pointeáilte ― neat as a pin
Synonyms
- (spruce, dapper): pointeáilte
- (neat, tidy): néata, slachtmhar
Derived terms
- pioctha péacach (“dressed up; fresh as a daisy”)
- pioctha sciúrtha (“immaculate in appearance”)
- piocthacht
Noun
pioctha
- genitive singular of piocadh
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| pioctha | phioctha | bpioctha |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “piocṫa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 841; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pioctha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN