pusach
Irish
Etymology
From pus (“(protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout”) + -ach.
Adjective
pusach (genitive singular masculine pusaigh, genitive singular feminine pusaí, plural pusacha, comparative pusaí)
- pouting, in a huff
- 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pusach | phusach | bpusach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pusach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN