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

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “púic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “púic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “púic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025