páiste

From Early Modern Irish páitse (compare Manx paitçhey, Scottish Gaelic pàisde), from Old French page, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”) (possibly via Italian paggio), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of “boy from the rural regions”.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑːʃtʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠæːʃtʲə/

páiste m (genitive singular páiste, nominative plural páistí)

1. child

• "páiste" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “páiste” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “páiste” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.