Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “maybe from English 'putty', but that's only speculation.”)
Pronunciation
Noun
puiteach m (genitive singular puitigh)
- mud, muck
- Synonyms: láib, lathach
Declension
Declension of puiteach (second declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of puiteach
radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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puiteach
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phuiteach
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bpuiteach
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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) “puiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “puiteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “puiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025