pionta

Irish

Alternative forms

• piont (Munster)

Etymology

From Old French pinte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪn̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

pionta m (genitive singular pionta, nominative plural piontaí)

1. pint (Imperial pint, approximately 568 millilitres)
2. jar

Declension

Declension of pionta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pionta piontaí vocative a phionta a phiontaí genitive pionta piontaí dative pionta piontaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pionta na piontaí genitive an phionta na bpiontaí dative leis an bpionta don phionta leis na piontaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of pionta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pionta	phionta	bpionta

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) “pionta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “jar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “pint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025