pigín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

pigín m (genitive singular pigín, nominative plural pigíní)

1. piggin, pail

Declension

Declension of pigín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pigín pigíní vocative a phigín a phigíní genitive pigín pigíní dative pigín pigíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pigín na pigíní genitive an phigín na bpigíní dative leis an bpigín don phigín leis na pigíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of pigín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pigín	phigín	bpigín

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) “pigín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN