pastae

Irish

FWOTD – 26 May 2014

Alternative forms

  • postae

Etymology

Borrowed from English pasty.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpˠasˠt̪ˠeː/

Noun

pastae m (genitive singular pastae, nominative plural pastaetha)

  1. pasty (meat pie), pie; pastry
    Synonyms: fuasta, pióg fheola
  2. (figuratively) an unsubstantial person or animal

Declension

Declension of pastae (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pastae pastaetha
vocative a phastae a phastaetha
genitive pastae pastaetha
dative pastae pastaetha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pastae na pastaetha
genitive an phastae na bpastaetha
dative leis an bpastae
don phastae 		leis na pastaetha

Derived terms

  • pastae Danmhargach m (“danish”)
  • pastae de chloigeann m (“large head, dunderhead”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pastae
radical lenition eclipsis
pastae phastae bpastae

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

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

pastae f

  1. genitive singular of pasta (“paste”)

Participle

pāstae

  1. inflection of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”):
    1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
    2. genitive/dative feminine singular
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