beishteig

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈʃtʲeːɡ/, /prəˈʃtʲeːɡ/

Noun

beishteig f (genitive singular beishteig, plural beishteigyn)

1. worm
2. creepy-crawly, bug, insect

Synonyms

• beisht

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beishteig	veishteig	meishteig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píast, péist”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language