poitín

Irish

Etymology

From pota (“pot”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [pˠəˈtʲiːnʲ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɛtʲiːnʲ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɛtʲinʲ]

Noun

poitín m (genitive singular poitín)

1. poteen

Declension

Declension of poitín (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative poitín vocative a phoitín genitive poitín dative poitín forms with the definite article singular nominative an poitín genitive an phoitín dative leis an bpoitín don phoitín

Descendants

• → English: poteen
• → Yola: potteen

Mutation

Mutated forms of poitín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
poitín	phoitín	bpoitín

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