pígistíl

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυγή (pugḗ, “tail, rump”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “column”).

Noun

pígistíl f (genitive singular pígistíle)

1. pygostyle

Declension

Declension of pígistíl (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative pígistíl vocative a phígistíl genitive pígistíle dative pígistíl forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phígistíl genitive na pígistíle dative leis an bpígistíl don phígistíl

Mutation

Mutated forms of pígistíl

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pígistíl	phígistíl	bpígistíl

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) “pígistíl”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN