beisht

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish péist, from Old Irish píast, from Latin bēstia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːʃt͡ʃ/

Noun

beisht f (genitive singular beisht, plural beishtyn)

1. worm
2. monster, beast
3. (derogatory) toad

Synonyms

• beishteig
• peisht

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beisht	veisht	meisht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píast, péist”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language