péist
Irish
Péist
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʲeːʃtʲ]
Noun
péist f (genitive singular péiste, nominative plural péisteanna)
Declension
Declension of péist
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: péistí
Derived terms
- cac péiste (“worm-cast”)
- cor na péiste (“cable-stitch”)
- ollphéist (“serpent, (serpentine) monster”)
- péist an dá shúil déag (“lamprey”)
- péist an tseoil (“sail-fish”)
- péist chabáiste, péist cháil (“caterpillar”) (of white cabbage butterfly)
- péist chapaill (“large caterpillar”)
- péist chon, péist mhara (“sea-serpent”)
- péist chrúcach (“hookworm”)
- péistchruthach (“vermiform”, adjective)
- péisteach (“full of worms; wormlike”, adjective)
- péist eagaoise (“worm affecting gizzard of bird”)
- péisteánach (“contemptible person; stingy person”)
- péisteánacht (“contemptible conduct; stinginess”)
- péist eireabaill (“tailworm”) (in cattle)
- péisteog (“(small) worm”)
- péist ghliogair (“rattlesnake”)
- péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
- péistiúil (“reptilian, wormlike; contemptible”, adjective)
- péist mhór (“monster; whale”)
- péist phlánach (“flatworm”)
- péistphurgóid (“vermifuge”)
- péist ribíneach (“tapeworm”)
- péist talún (“earthworm”)
- poll péiste (“worm-hole”)
- púdar péisteanna (“worm-powder”)
- snaidhm na péiste (“serpent’s knot”) (as part of charm to cure colic in cattle)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| péist | phéist | bpéist |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "péist" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “píast, péist” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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