puisín

puisín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɪˈʃiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɪʃiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɪʃinʲ/

Etymology 1

From puis! puis! (“puss! puss!”) (borrowed from English puss) + -ín (diminutive suffix).

puisín

Noun

puisín m (genitive singular puisín, nominative plural puisíní)

1. pussy-cat; kitten (a young cat)

   siúl an chait ag an bpuisín ― the boy aping the man (literally, “the kitten walking like the cat”)

Synonyms

• (kitten): piscín

Etymology 2

From pus (“(protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout; snout”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

puisín m (genitive singular puisín, nominative plural puisíní)

1. lip
2. calf's muzzle

Derived terms

• puisín a chur ort féin (“to pout”)

Declension

Declension of puisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative puisín puisíní Vocative a phuisín a phuisíní Genitive puisín puisíní Dative puisín puisíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an puisín na puisíní Genitive an phuisín na bpuisíní Dative leis an bpuisín don phuisín leis na puisíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
puisín	phuisín	bpuisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "puisín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.