píce

See also: pice, picé, picè, picë, picę, piće, and piče

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiːt͡sɛ]
• Rhymes: -iːtsɛ
• Hyphenation: pí‧ce

Etymology 1

From Old Czech pícě, from Proto-Slavic *piťa.

Noun

píce f

1. fodder (food for animals)

Derived terms

• pícnina

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

píce

1. dative/locative singular of píka

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Irish

píce

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pik(k)e, from Latin picca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲiːcɪ/

Noun

píce m (genitive singular píce, nominative plural pící)

1. (military) pike
2. (agriculture) fork; pitchfork

   Synonym: forc

3. (nautical) peak; sprit
4. (of cap) peak

Declension

Declension of píce

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative píce pící Vocative a phíce a phící Genitive píce pící Dative píce pící

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an píce na pící Genitive an phíce na bpící Dative leis an bpíce don phíce leis na pící

Derived terms

• píce féir m (“hayfork; forkful of hay”)
• píce gaoithe m (“strong wind”)
• píce seoil m (“peak of sail”)
• píceáil (“pike; fork, pitchfork; peak”, verb)
• píceán m (“peak, tip”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
píce	phíce	bpíce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN