pianpháis

Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain”) +‎ páis (“passion, suffering”).

Noun

pianpháis f (genitive singular pianpháise)

1. anguish
2. agony of suspense

Declension

Declension of pianpháis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative pianpháis vocative a phianpháis genitive pianpháise dative pianpháis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phianpháis genitive na pianpháise dative leis an bpianpháis don phianpháis

Derived terms

• pianpháiseach

Mutation

Mutated forms of pianpháis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pianpháis	phianpháis	bpianpháis

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pianpháis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pianpháis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pianpháis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024