pinc

See also: pińc, pínc, and pinč

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲɪɲc/

Adjective

pinc (genitive singular feminine pince, plural pince, comparative pince)

1. pink

Declension

Declension of pinc

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	pinc	phinc	pince; phince2
vocative	phinc		pince
genitive		pince	pince	pinc
dative	pinc; phinc1	phinc	pince; phince2
Comparative	níos pince
Superlative	is pince

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• bándearg

Derived terms

• scothphinc

Noun

pinc m (genitive singular pinc)

1. pink

Declension

Declension of pinc (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative pinc vocative a phinc genitive pinc dative pinc forms with the definite article case singular nominative an pinc genitive an phinc dative leis an bpinc don phinc

Mutation

Mutated forms of pinc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pinc	phinc	bpinc

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) “pinc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “pinc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰiŋʲkʲ/

Adjective

pinc (comparative pince)

1. pink

Derived terms

• speuclairean pinc m pl (“rose-tinted glasses”)

Mutation

Mutation of pinc

radical	lenition
pinc	phinc

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

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orains; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

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According to the Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, imitative of a bird's call. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- (“small bird, sparrow”), the source of English finch, however the exception to the general Celtic loss of Proto-Indo-European *p would need special explanation.

Noun

pinc f or m (plural pincod)

1. finch

   Synonyms: llinos, pila

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pink.

Noun

pinc m (plural pincs)

1. pink, carnation (Dianthus spp.)

   Synonyms: penigan, ceilysyn, ceian

Adjective

pinc (feminine singular pinc, plural pinc, equative pinced, comparative pincach, superlative pincaf)

1. pink

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

Mutation

Mutated forms of pinc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pinc	binc	mhinc	phinc

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