péist talún

Irish

Etymology

Calque of English earthworm.

Noun

péist talún f (genitive singular péiste talún, nominative plural péisteanna talún)

1. earthworm

Mutation

Mutated forms of péist talún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
péist talún	phéist talún	bpéist talún

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

Further reading

• “péist talún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péist talún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN