pionta

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French pinte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲɪn̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

pionta m (genitive singular pionta, nominative plural piontaí)

  1. pint (Imperial pint, approximately 568 millilitres)
  2. jar

Declension

Declension of pionta (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pionta piontaí
vocative a phionta a phiontaí
genitive pionta piontaí
dative pionta piontaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pionta na piontaí
genitive an phionta na bpiontaí
dative leis an bpionta
don phionta 		leis na piontaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of pionta
radical lenition eclipsis
pionta phionta bpionta

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pionta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “jar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “pint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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