pigín

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English pygyn[1] (from pig (“container for wine”), possibly so named from being made of pigskin.[2]), assimilated to the suffix -ín. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic pigean and Welsh picyn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲiɟiːnʲ/

Noun

pigín m (genitive singular pigín, nominative plural pigíní)

  1. piggin, pail

Declension

Declension of pigín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pigín pigíní
vocative a phigín a phigíní
genitive pigín pigíní
dative pigín pigíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pigín na pigíní
genitive an phigín na bpigíní
dative leis an bpigín
don phigín 		leis na pigíní

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of pigín
radical lenition eclipsis
pigín phigín bpigín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “pigin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. ^ “pig, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 August 2025.

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “pigín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 839; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “pigín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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