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Meaning of puinn | Babel Free

Pronoun CEFR B1
pˠiːnʲ

Definitions

  1. a bit, much/many (followed by the genitive)
  2. much, many (in positive affirmative sentences)
    literary, poetic

Examples

“Níl puinn céille aige.”

He hasn’t much sense.

“An bhfuil puinn airgid agat?”

Do you have much money?

“chómh gasta le puinn den dáimh”

as clever as many of the bards

“céadar ar cuireadh puinn san áirc de”

the cedar of which much of the Ark was made

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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