pitseámaí
Irish
Etymology
From English pyjamas, from Urdu پایجامه (pāyjāma)/Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه / پاجامه (pâyjâma / pâjâma, “leg garment”).
Noun
pitseámaí m pl
- pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| pitseámaí | phitseámaí | bpitseámaí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pitseámaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “pitseámaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025