súiste
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish súist, súiste, from Latin fūstis.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsˠuːʃtʲə/[2]
Noun
súiste m (genitive singular súiste, nominative plural súistí)
Declension
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Derived terms
- súisteáil f (“flailing, threshing; beating, thrashing”)
- súisteáil (“flail, thresh; thrash”, verb)
- súisteoir m (“thresher”) (person with flail)
Related terms
- súisteálaí m (“thrasher”)
Noun
súiste f sg
- genitive singular of súist
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| súiste | shúiste after an, tsúiste |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súst, súist, sústa, súiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 348, page 120
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “súiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “súiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “súiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025