péistiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• piastúil
• péisteamhail, piastamhail (superseded)

Etymology

From péist +‎ -úil.

Adjective

péistiúil (genitive singular feminine péistiúla, plural péistiúla, comparative péistiúla)

1. wormlike
2. reptilian (figurative senses)

Declension

Declension of péistiúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	péistiúil	phéistiúil	péistiúla; phéistiúla2
vocative	phéistiúil		péistiúla
genitive		péistiúla	péistiúla	péistiúil
dative	péistiúil; phéistiúil1	phéistiúil	péistiúla; phéistiúla2
Comparative	níos péistiúla
Superlative	is péistiúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of péistiúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
péistiúil	phéistiúil	bpéistiúil

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píastamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péistiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN