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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English pumpkin.
Pronunciation
Noun
puimcín m (genitive singular puimcíní, nominative plural puimcíní)
- pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
scuais
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| puimcín
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phuimcín
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bpuimcín
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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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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “puimcín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “puimcín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “puimcín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024