puisín

Irish

Etymology 1

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

puisín

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠɪˈʃiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɪʃiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɪʃinʲ/[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”)
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠɪˈʃiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɪʃiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɪʃinʲ/

Noun

puisín m (genitive singular puisín, nominative plural puisíní)

  1. lip
  2. calf's muzzle
Derived terms
  • puisín a chur ort féin (“to pout”)

Declension
Declension of puisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative puisín puisíní
Vocative a phuisín a phuisíní
Genitive puisín puisíní
Dative puisín puisíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an puisín na puisíní
Genitive an phuisín na bpuisíní
Dative leis an bpuisín

don phuisín

 leis na puisíní

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

Further reading

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43
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