puinn

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alternative form (and former spelling) of poinn (“profit, avail”), from Latin pondus.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

puinn

  1. (chiefly in the negative) a bit, much/many (followed by the genitive)
    Níl puinn céille aige.
    He hasn’t much sense.
    An bhfuil puinn airgid agat?
    Do you have much money?
  2. (literary, poetic) much, many (in positive affirmative sentences)
    chómh gasta le puinn den dáimh ― as clever as many of the bards
    céadar ar cuireadh puinn san áirc de ― the cedar of which much of the Ark was made

Mutation

Mutated forms of puinn
radical lenition eclipsis
puinn phuinn bpuinn

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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