péist

Irish

Péist

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲeːʃtʲ]

Noun

péist f (genitive singular péiste, nominative plural péisteanna)

1. fabulous beast, reptile, monster
2. worm (animal)
   1. (distilling) worm
   2. (figuratively, of a person) worm

Declension

Declension of péist

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative péist péisteanna Vocative a phéist a phéisteanna Genitive péiste péisteanna Dative péist péisteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phéist na péisteanna Genitive na péiste na bpéisteanna Dative leis an bpéist don phéist leis na péisteanna

• Alternative plural: péistí

Derived terms

Terms derived from péist

• 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.