péist
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish péist, from Old Irish píast, from Latin bēstia.
Pronunciation
Noun
péist f (genitive singular péiste, nominative plural péisteanna)
- fabulous beast, reptile, monster
- worm (animal)
- (distilling) worm
- (figuratively, of a person) worm
Declension
Declension of péist
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”)
- péist eagaoise (“worm affecting gizzard of bird”)
- péist eireabaill (“tailworm”) (in cattle)
- péist ghliogair (“rattlesnake”)
- péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
- péist mhór (“monster; whale”)
- péist phlánach (“flatworm”)
- péist ribíneach (“tapeworm”)
- péist talún (“earthworm”)
- péistchruthach (“vermiform”, adjective)
- péisteach (“full of worms; wormlike”, adjective)
- péisteánach (“contemptible person; stingy person”)
- péisteánacht (“contemptible conduct; stinginess”)
- péisteog (“(small) worm”)
- péistiúil (“reptilian, wormlike; contemptible”, adjective)
- péistphurgóid (“vermifuge”)
- 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 | ||
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píast, péist”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Animals
- ga:Worms