péistiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From péist +‎ -úil.

Adjective

péistiúil (genitive singular feminine péistiúla, plural péistiúla, comparative péistiúla)

  1. wormlike
  2. reptilian (figurative senses)

Declension

Declension of péistiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative péistiúil phéistiúil péistiúla;
phéistiúla2
vocative phéistiúil péistiúla
genitive péistiúla péistiúla péistiúil
dative péistiúil;
phéistiúil1 		phéistiúil péistiúla;
phéistiúla2
Comparative níos péistiúla
Superlative is péistiúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of péistiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
péistiúil phéistiúil bpéistiúil

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “péisteaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 541
  2. ^ “péistiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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