péist

Irish
Péist

Etymology

From Middle Irish péist, from Old Irish píast, from Latin bēstia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʲeːʃtʲ]

Noun

péist f (genitive singular péiste, nominative plural péisteanna)

  1. fabulous beast, reptile, monster
  2. worm (animal)
    1. (distilling) worm
    2. (figuratively, of a person) worm

Declension
Declension of péist

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative péist péisteanna
Vocative a phéist a phéisteanna
Genitive péiste péisteanna
Dative péist péisteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phéist na péisteanna
Genitive na péiste na bpéisteanna
Dative leis an bpéist

don phéist

 leis na péisteanna

Derived terms
  • 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”)
  • 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”)
  • 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)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
péist phéist bpéist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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