paist

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

paist f (genitive singular paiste)

1. (mineralogy) paste

Declension

Declension of paist (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative paist vocative a phaist genitive paiste dative paist forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phaist genitive na paiste dative leis an bpaist don phaist

Mutation

Mutated forms of paist

radical	lenition	eclipsis
paist	phaist	bpaist

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “paste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “paist”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Livonian

Alternative forms

• paistõ (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paistadak.

Verb

paist

1. (Salaca) shine
2. (Salaca) be visible
3. (Salaca) swell

References

• "paist" in Livische Grammatik nebst Sprachproben