péistiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From péist + -úil.

Adjective

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

  1. wormlike
  2. reptilian (figurative senses)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
péistiúil phéistiúil bpéistiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “péisteaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 541
  2. péistiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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