péistiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• piastúil
• péisteamhail, piastamhail (superseded)

Etymology

From péist +‎ -úil.

Adjective

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

1. wormlike
2. reptilian (figurative senses)

Declension

Declension of péistiúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	péistiúil	phéistiúil	péistiúla; phéistiúla2
vocative	phéistiúil		péistiúla
genitive		péistiúla	péistiúla	péistiúil
dative	péistiúil; phéistiúil1	phéistiúil	péistiúla; phéistiúla2
Comparative	níos péistiúla
Superlative	is péistiúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of péistiúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
péistiúil	phéistiúil	bpéistiúil

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píastamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péistiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN