beisht

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish péist, from Old Irish píast, from Latin bēstia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːʃtʲ/

Noun

beisht f (genitive singular beisht, plural beishtyn)

1. worm
2. monster, beast
3. (derogatory) toad

Synonyms

• beishteig
• peisht

Mutation

Mutation of beisht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beisht	veisht	meisht

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píast, péist”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language