píosa

See also: pìosa

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish pissa, borrowed from Middle English pece, from Anglo-Norman piece, from Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion”). Doublet of cuid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʲiːsˠə/

Noun

píosa m (genitive singular píosa, nominative plural píosaí)

piece, bit (part of a larger whole; artistic creation)
patch (on clothing, cloth)
piecework
literary or musical composition
coin
(nautical) bailing-can, bailer

Declension

Declension of píosa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	píosa	píosaí
Vocative	a phíosa	a phíosaí
Genitive	píosa	píosaí
Dative	píosa	píosaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an píosa	na píosaí
Genitive	an phíosa	na bpíosaí
Dative	leis an bpíosa don phíosa	leis na píosaí

Derived terms

píosa croise (“florin”)
píosa crosach (“florin”)
píosa lóin (“lunch-packet”)
píosa ordanáis (“cannon”)
píosa páipéir (“piece of paper”)
tríd an bpíosa (“on the whole”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
píosa	phíosa	bpíosa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píosa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “písa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “píosa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 543

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