puipéad

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English puppet.

Noun

puipéad m (genitive singular puipéid, nominative plural puipéid)

  1. puppet

Declension

Declension of puipéad (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative puipéad puipéid
vocative a phuipéid a phuipéada
genitive puipéid puipéad
dative puipéad puipéid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an puipéad na puipéid
genitive an phuipéid na bpuipéad
dative leis an bpuipéad
don phuipéad
leis na puipéid

Derived terms

  • puipéad miotóige (glove puppet)
  • puipéadóir (puppeteer)
  • scáthphuipéad (shadow pupper)

Mutation

Mutated forms of puipéad
radical lenition eclipsis
puipéad phuipéad bpuipéad

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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