teayst

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish táes, from Old Irish taís, from Proto-Celtic *taistos. Cognate to Irish taos, Scottish Gaelic taois, and more distantly, Welsh toes.

Noun

teayst f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. dough, paste, pastry

Derived terms

• cro teayst, fainey teayst (“doughnut”)
• teayst bleaystagh (“puff pastry”)
• teayst brishalagh (“short pastry”)
• teayst chelk (“putty”)
• teaystag (“dumpling”)
• teaystagh (“doughy, under-cooked, ill-baked, pasty”)
• teaystyn, teaystnee (“knead”)

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teayst	heayst	deayst
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.