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, 2013–2024
• 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