pianpháis

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Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain”) +‎ páis (“passion, suffering”).

Noun

pianpháis f (genitive singular pianpháise)

  1. anguish
  2. agony of suspense

Declension

Declension of pianpháis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative pianpháis
vocative a phianpháis
genitive pianpháise
dative pianpháis
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an phianpháis
genitive na pianpháise
dative leis an bpianpháis
don phianpháis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of pianpháis
radical lenition eclipsis
pianpháis phianpháis bpianpháis

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

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