pigmí

Irish

Etymology

From English pygmy, from Ancient Greek Πυγμαῖος (Pugmaîos, “a member of a race of dwarves”).

Noun

pigmí m (genitive singular pigmí, nominative plural pigmithe)

1. pygmy

Declension

Declension of pigmí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pigmí pigmithe vocative a phigmí a phigmithe genitive pigmí pigmithe dative pigmí pigmithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pigmí na pigmithe genitive an phigmí na bpigmithe dative leis an bpigmí don phigmí leis na pigmithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of pigmí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pigmí	phigmí	bpigmí

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