puithín

Irish

Etymology

From puth +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɪˈhiːnʲ/

Noun

puithín m (genitive singular puithín, nominative plural puithíní)

1. little gust (of wind), little breeze

Declension

Declension of puithín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative puithín puithíní vocative a phuithín a phuithíní genitive puithín puithíní dative puithín puithíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an puithín na puithíní genitive an phuithín na bpuithíní dative leis an bpuithín don phuithín leis na puithíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of puithín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
puithín	phuithín	bpuithín

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “puiṫín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28