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Chuukese
Adjective
puch
- foolish
Irish
Noun
puch m (genitive singular puich, nominative plural puich)
- Alternative form of foiche (“wasp”)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “puch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “puch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
K'iche'
Adverb
puch
- even though
- also, too
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
puch m animacy unattested
- (attested in Pomerania, Greater Poland) exhalation, fume, vapor
- Synonyms: duch, dym, wilkość
1874-1891 [15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXIV, Grochów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kcynia, page 67:Quamdiu homo est in infirmitate, plenus est malis humoribus, pvchv, propter quos non habet appetitum comedendi- [Quamdiu homo est in infirmitate, plenus est malis humoribus, puchu, propter quos non habet appetitum comedendi]
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “puch”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxъ. Doublet of fuks.
Noun
puch m inan (diminutive puszek, related adjective puchowy)
- down, fluff (soft, immature feathers)
- snow
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
puch
- genitive plural of pucha
Further reading