pinc

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See also: pińc, pínc, and pinč

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pink.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pinc (genitive singular feminine pince, plural pince, comparative pince)

  1. pink

Declension

Declension of pinc
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative pinc phinc pince;
phince²
Vocative phinc pince
Genitive pince pince pinc
Dative pinc;
phinc¹ 		phinc pince;
phince²
Comparative níos pince
Superlative is pince

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

pinc m (genitive singular pinc)

  1. pink

Declension

Declension of pinc

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative pinc
Vocative a phinc
Genitive pinc
Dative pinc

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an pinc
Genitive an phinc
Dative leis an bpinc

don phinc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pinc phinc bpinc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pinc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “pinc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pink.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pinc (comparative pince)

  1. pink

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
pinc phinc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orainds; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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According to the Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, imitative of a bird's call. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- (“small bird, sparrow”), the source of English finch, however the exception to the general Celtic loss of Proto-Indo-European *p would need special explanation.

Noun

pinc f or m (plural pincod)

  1. finch
    Synonyms: llinos, pila

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pink.

Noun

pinc m (plural pincs)

  1. pink, carnation (Dianthus spp.)
    Synonyms: penigan, ceilysyn, ceian

Adjective

pinc (feminine singular pinc, plural pinc, equative pinced, comparative pincach, superlative pincaf)

  1. pink

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du
             coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
             melynwyrdd              gwyrdd             
             gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
             fioled, rhuddlas; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc, rhuddwyn

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pinc binc mhinc phinc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pinc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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