puithín

Irish

Etymology

From puth +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

Noun

puithín m (genitive singular puithín, nominative plural puithíní)

  1. little gust (of wind), little breeze

Declension

Declension of puithín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative puithín puithíní
vocative a phuithín a phuithíní
genitive puithín puithíní
dative puithín puithíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an puithín na puithíní
genitive an phuithín na bpuithíní
dative leis an bpuithín
don phuithín 		leis na puithíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of puithín
radical lenition eclipsis
puithín phuithín bpuithín

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 14, page 10

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “puiṫín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 866; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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