púic

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

púic f (genitive singular púice, nominative plural púiceanna)

  1. blind over eyes, mask; covering
  2. moroseness, glumness
  3. frown, scowl

Declension
Declension of púic

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative púic púiceanna
Vocative a phúic a phúiceanna
Genitive púice púiceanna
Dative púic púiceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phúic na púiceanna
Genitive na púice na bpúiceanna
Dative leis an bpúic

don phúic

 leis na púiceanna

Derived terms
  • púic tae (“tea-cosy”)
  • púic uibhe (“egg-cosy”)
  • púiceach (“morose, glum; frowning, scowling”)
  • púiciúil (“dark, gloomy; glum, sullen”)
  • púicshúileach (“sunken-eyed”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
púic phúic bpúic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “púic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “púic” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “púic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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