pinsean

Irish

Alternative forms

• peinsiún
• pinsion (obsolete)

Etymology

From English pension, from Middle English pencioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪnʲʃɯn̪ˠ/

Noun

pinsean m (genitive singular pinsin, nominative plural pinsin)

1. (finance) pension (regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services)

Declension

Declension of pinsean (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pinsean pinsin vocative a phinsin a phinseana genitive pinsin pinsean dative pinsean pinsin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pinsean na pinsin genitive an phinsin na bpinsean dative leis an bpinsean don phinsean leis na pinsin

Mutation

Mutated forms of pinsean

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pinsean	phinsean	bpinsean

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pinsion”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pensiún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 541
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pinsean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN