pusach

See also: pusách

Irish

Etymology

From pus (“(protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

pusach (genitive singular masculine pusaigh, genitive singular feminine pusaí, plural pusacha, comparative pusaí)

1. pouting, in a huff
2. whimpering, ready to cry

Declension

Declension of pusach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	pusach	phusach	pusacha; phusacha2
vocative	phusaigh		pusacha
genitive		pusaí	pusacha	pusach
dative	pusach; phusach1	phusach; phusaigh (archaic)	pusacha; phusacha2
Comparative	níos pusaí
Superlative	is pusaí

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

Derived terms

• pusachán m (“pouter, sulky person; blubberer, whimperer; sucking calf; muzzle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pusach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pusach	phusach	bpusach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pusach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN