puch

See also: Puch

Chuukese

Adjective

puch

1. foolish

Irish

Noun

puch m (genitive singular puich, nominative plural puich)

1. alternative form of foiche (“wasp”)

Declension

Declension of puch (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative puch puich vocative a phuich a phucha genitive puich puch dative puch puich forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an puch na puich genitive an phuich na bpuch dative leis an bpuch don phuch leis na puich

Mutation

Mutated forms of puch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
puch	phuch	bpuch

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

Further reading

• “puch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “puch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

K'iche'

Adverb

puch

1. even though
2. also, too

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pews-

Proto-Indo-European *powsosder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pausasder.

Proto-Slavic *puxъ

Old Polish puch

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /pux/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pux/

Noun

puch m animacy unattested

1. (attested in Pomerania, Greater Poland) exhalation, fume, vapor

   Synonyms: duch, dym, wilkość

   • 1874-1891 [15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[1], [2], [3]}, volume XXIV, Grochów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kcynia, 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]

Related terms

adjective

• puchlny

noun

• puzdro

verb

• opuchać impf

References

• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “puch”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpux/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpux/

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• Rhymes: -ux
• Syllabification: puch

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxъ. Doublet of fuks.

Noun

puch m inan (diminutive puszek, related adjective puchowy)

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

• puchaty
• puchowaty
• puszysty

nouns

• puchowiec
• puchówka
• puszysty

verbs

• puszyć impf

Related terms

adverbs

• puszysto
• puszyście

nouns

• puszysta
• puszystość

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^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “puch”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Puch on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl