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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish goiste.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaiste m (genitive singular gaiste, nominative plural gaistí)
- noose, snare, trap
- Synonyms: dol, súil ribe
- (figurative) pitfall
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gaiste
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ghaiste
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ngaiste
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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