puisín

Irish

Etymology 1

From puis! puis! (“puss! puss!”) (borrowed from English puss) + -ín (diminutive suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠɪˈʃiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɪʃiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɪʃiːnʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form pisín)

Noun

puisín m (genitive singular puisín, nominative plural puisíní)

  1. pussy-cat; kitten (a young cat)
    siúl an chait ag an bpuisín ― the boy aping the man (literally, “the kitten walking like the cat”)
Declension
Declension of puisín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative puisín puisíní
vocative a phuisín a phuisíní
genitive puisín puisíní
dative puisín puisíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an puisín na puisíní
genitive an phuisín na bpuisíní
dative leis an bpuisín
don phuisín 		leis na puisíní

Etymology 2

From pus (“(protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout; snout”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

puisín m (genitive singular puisín, nominative plural puisíní)

  1. lip
  2. calf's muzzle
Declension
Declension of puisín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative puisín puisíní
vocative a phuisín a phuisíní
genitive puisín puisíní
dative puisín puisíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an puisín na puisíní
genitive an phuisín na bpuisíní
dative leis an bpuisín
don phuisín 		leis na puisíní
Derived terms
  • puisín a chur ort féin (“to pout”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of puisín
radical lenition eclipsis
puisín phuisín bpuisín

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 109, page 43
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 360, page 123

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