pàiste

See also: paiste, páiste, and päiste

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish páitse (compare Irish páiste, Manx paitçhey), from Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːʃtʲə/

Noun

pàiste m (genitive singular pàiste, plural pàistean)

  1. baby, child, kid
    Synonym: leanabh
  2. (Wester Ross) girl

Derived terms

  • pàiste-sgoile (“schoolchild”)
  • pàistean (“small infant”)
  • pàisteanach (“childish”)
  • pàisteil (“babyish, babylike”)

Mutation

Mutation of pàiste
radical lenition
pàiste phàiste

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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