puisín

From puis! puis! (“puss! puss!”) (borrowed from English puss) + -ín (diminutive suffix).

 

• piscín, pisín

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɪˈʃiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɪʃiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪʃiːnʲ/^[1] (corresponding to the form pisín)

puisín m (genitive singular puisín, nominative plural puisíní)

1. pussy-cat; kitten (a young cat)

   siúl an chait ag an bpuisín ― the boy aping the man (literally, “the kitten walking like the cat”)

From pus (“(protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout; snout”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɪˈʃiːnʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɪʃiːnʲ/^[2]

puisín m (genitive singular puisín, nominative plural puisíní)

1. lip
2. calf's muzzle

• puisín a chur ort féin (“to pout”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “puisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN