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)

1. 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “puiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “puiteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “puiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024