"púca" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /ˈpˠuːkə/
Etymology: A Germanic borrowing, from Old Norse púki (“fairy spirit”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|ga|non|púki||fairy spirit}} Old Norse púki (“fairy spirit”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|púca|||||||nominative plural|púcaí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} púca m (genitive singular púca, nominative plural púcaí), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} púca m (genitive singular púca, nominative plural púcaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: púca [genitive, singular], púcaí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], púca [indefinite, nominative, singular], púcaí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a phúca [indefinite, singular, vocative], a phúcaí [indefinite, plural, vocative], púca [genitive, indefinite, singular], púcaí [genitive, indefinite, plural], púca [dative, indefinite, singular], púcaí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an púca [definite, nominative, singular], na púcaí [definite, nominative, plural], an phúca [definite, genitive, singular], na bpúcaí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bpúca [dative, definite, singular], don phúca [dative, definite, singular], leis na púcaí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], púca [error-unrecognized-form], phúca [error-unrecognized-form], bpúca [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. hobgoblin, pooka, puck Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-púca-ga-noun-eJmif3DJ
  2. surly, uncommunicative person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-púca-ga-noun--4T2MyWn Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Derived forms: ceann púca (english: gargoyle) [masculine], coinnle an phúca (english: dark mullein) [feminine, plural], méirín púca (english: fox-glove) [masculine], púca na mbeann (english: the Devil) [masculine], púca na n-adharc (english: bugbear) [masculine], púca na sméar (english: fruit-destroying pooka) [masculine], púca peill (english: toadstool) [masculine], púcaíocht (english: backwardness) [feminine], púcbhobarún (english: silent stupid person) [masculine], púcúil (english: glum, surly) [adjective], téada an phúca (english: gossamer) [feminine, plural]

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈpˠuːkə/"
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      "english": "gargoyle",
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    },
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      "english": "dark mullein",
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        "plural"
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      "english": "silent stupid person",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      ],
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      "english": "gossamer",
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        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpˠuːkə/"
    }
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "púca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "púca",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "púca"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "púca",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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