piseog

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Irish. Doublet of box, pyx, and pyxis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪʃəʊɡ/

Noun

piseog (plural piseogs)

  1. (Ireland) An evil spell; a curse.

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish piseóc (“charm, witchcraft”), probably borrowed from Latin pyxis (“medicine box”).[1]

Noun

piseog f (genitive singular piseoige, nominative plural piseoga)

  1. superstition, belief
    1. (in the plural) superstition(s), superstitious practices
  2. spell, charm, medicine

Declension

Declension of piseog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative piseog piseoga
vocative a phiseog a phiseoga
genitive piseoige piseog
dative piseog piseoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phiseog na piseoga
genitive na piseoige na bpiseog
dative leis an bpiseog
don phiseog 		leis na piseoga

Derived terms

  • cailleach phiseog
  • piseogach
  • piseogacht
  • piseogaí

Descendants

  • → English: piseog

Mutation

Mutated forms of piseog
radical lenition eclipsis
piseog phiseog bpiseog

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

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “piseog”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page piseach

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