péinteáil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • pinndeáil, pinnteáil, pínteáil (obsolete)

Etymology

From péint (paint) + -áil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pʲeːnʲˈtʲaːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpʲeːn̠ʲtʲɑːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲeːn̠ʲtʲælʲ/

Verb

péinteáil (present analytic péinteálann, future analytic péinteálfaidh, verbal noun péinteáil, past participle péinteáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) paint
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
      Tá Ben agus a Mham ag péinteáil pictiúr de bhanrónta, fathaigh agus sióga ar bhalla a sheomra leapa.
      [original: Ben and his Mum paint pictures of selkies, giants, and faeries on his bedroom wall.]

Conjugation

Noun

péinteáil m (genitive singular péinteála)

  1. verbal noun of péinteáil
  2. painting (act or practice of painting), paintwork

Declension

Derived terms

  • fophéinteáil (underpainting)
  • scuab phéinteála (paint-brush)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
péinteáil phéinteáil bpéinteáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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