piteánta

Irish

Etymology

From piteán (“effeminate man, sissy”) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

piteánta

1. effeminate

   Synonyms: baineanda, baineann, piteogach

Derived terms

• piteántacht f (“effeminacy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
piteánta	phiteánta	bpiteánta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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