puiteach

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “maybe from English 'putty', but that's only speculation.”)

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʊtʲəx/

Noun

puiteach m (genitive singular puitigh)

mud, muck
Synonyms: láib, lathach

Declension

Declension of puiteach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	puiteach
vocative	a phuiteach
genitive	puitigh
dative	puiteach

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an phuiteach
genitive	na puitigh
dative	leis an bpuiteach don phuiteach

Mutation

Mutated forms of *puiteach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
puiteach	phuiteach	bpuiteach

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