puch

Chuukese

Adjective

puch

  1. foolish

Irish

Noun

puch m (genitive singular puich, nominative plural puich)

  1. wasp
    Synonym: foiche

Declension
Declension of puch

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative puch puich
Vocative a phuich a phucha
Genitive puich puch
Dative puch puich

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an puch na puich
Genitive an phuich na bpuch
Dative leis an bpuch

don phuch

 leis na puich

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
puch phuch bpuch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

  1. even though
  2. also, too

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pausas, from Proto-Indo-European *powsos, from *pews- (“to swell, to blow”).

Noun

puch m

  1. exhalation, fume, vapor
    Synonyms: duch, dym, wilkość
    • 15th century, Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, published 1874-1891, 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
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
adjective
noun
verb
  • opuchać impf

References

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pux/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ux
  • Syllabification: puch

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pewḱs- (“fluff, tail”). Related to fuks.

Noun

puch m inan (diminutive puszek)

  1. down, fluff (soft, immature feathers)
  2. snow
Declension
Declension of puch
singular plural
nominative puch puchy
genitive puchu puchów
dative puchowi puchom
accusative puch puchy
instrumental puchem puchami
locative puchu puchach
vocative puchu puchy
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
verb

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

puch

  1. genitive plural of pucha

Further reading
  • puch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • puch in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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