pàisde

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• pàiste

Etymology

From Middle Irish páitse (compare Irish páiste, Manx paitçhey), from Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), 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".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːʃtʲə/

Noun

pàisde m (genitive singular pàisde, plural pàisdean)

1. baby, child, kid

   Synonym: leanabh

Derived terms

• pàisde-sgoile (“schoolchild”)
• pàistean (“small infant”)
• pàisteanach (“childish”)
• pàisteil (“babyish, babylike”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
pàisde	phàisde
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.