Irish
Péist
Noun
péist f (genitive singular péiste, nominative plural péisteanna)
- fabulous beast, reptile, monster
- worm (animal)
- (distilling) worm
- (figuratively, of a person) worm
Declension
Derived terms
Terms derived from péist
- 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, péist cháil (“caterpillar”) (of white cabbage butterfly)
- péist chapaill (“large caterpillar”)
- péist chon, péist mhara (“sea-serpent”)
- péist chrúcach (“hookworm”)
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- péistchruthach (“vermiform”, adjective)
- péisteach (“full of worms; wormlike”, adjective)
- péist eagaoise (“worm affecting gizzard of bird”)
- péisteánach (“contemptible person; stingy person”)
- péisteánacht (“contemptible conduct; stinginess”)
- péist eireabaill (“tailworm”) (in cattle)
- péisteog (“(small) worm”)
- péist ghliogair (“rattlesnake”)
- péist ghoile (“mawworm”)
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- péistiúil (“reptilian, wormlike; contemptible”, adjective)
- péist mhór (“monster; whale”)
- péist phlánach (“flatworm”)
- péistphurgóid (“vermifuge”)
- péist ribíneach (“tapeworm”)
- péist talún (“earthworm”)
- poll péiste (“worm-hole”)
- púdar péisteanna (“worm-powder”)
- snaidhm na péiste (“serpent’s knot”) (as part of charm to cure colic in cattle)
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Mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Eclipsis |
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phéist
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bpéist
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References