péint

See also: peint

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English paint, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲeːnʲtʲ/

Noun

péint f (genitive singular péinte, nominative plural péinteanna)

1. paint
2. color

Declension

Declension of péint (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative péint péinteanna vocative a phéint a phéinteanna genitive péinte péinteanna dative péint péinteanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an phéint na péinteanna genitive na péinte na bpéinteanna dative leis an bpéint don phéint leis na péinteanna

Derived terms

• péinteáil (“painting, paint-work”)
• péinteáil (“paint”, verb)
• péintéir (“painter”)
• scuab phéinte (“paintbrush”)

Related terms

• péintéireacht (“painting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of péint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
péint	phéint	bpéint

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “paint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “péint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm