Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish péist, from Old Irish píast, from Latin bēstia.
Pronunciation
Noun
péist f (genitive singular péiste, nominative plural péisteanna)
- dragon, fabulous beast, reptile, monster
- worm (animal)
- (distilling) worm
- (figuratively, of a person) worm
Declension
Declension of péist (second declension)
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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 (“caterpillar”)
- péist cháil (“caterpillar”)
- péist chapaill (“large caterpillar”)
- péist chon (“sea-serpent”)
- péist chrúcach (“hookworm”)
- péist eagaoise (“worm affecting gizzard of bird”)
- péist eireabaill (“tailworm”)
- péist ghliogair (“rattlesnake”)
- péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
- péist mhara (“sea-serpent”)
- péist mhór (“monster; whale”)
- péist phlánach (“flatworm”)
- péist ribíneach (“tapeworm”)
- péist talún (“earthworm”)
- péistchruthach (“vermiform”, adjective)
- péisteach (“wormy; wormlike”, adjective)
- péisteánach (“stingy person”)
- péisteánacht (“stinginess”)
- péisteog (“(small) worm”)
- péistiúil (“wormlike”, adjective)
- péistphurgóid (“vermifuge”)
- poll péiste (“worm-hole”)
- púdar péisteanna (“worm-powder”)
- snaidhm na péiste (“serpent’s knot”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of péist
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lenition
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eclipsis
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phéist
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bpéist
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- 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