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
singular plural
nominative púic púiceanna
vocative a phúic a phúiceanna
genitive púice púiceanna
dative púic púiceanna
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of púic
radical lenition eclipsis
púic phúic bpúic

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

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