paist

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

paist f (genitive singular paiste)

  1. (mineralogy) paste

Declension
Declension of paist

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
paist phaist bpaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “paist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “paste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
  • Entries containing “paist” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Livonian

Alternative forms
  • paistõ (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paistadak.

Verb

paist

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

References
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