péint

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See also: peint

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English paint, from Old French.

Pronunciation

Noun

péint f (genitive singular péinte, nominative plural péinteanna)

  1. paint
  2. color

Declension

Declension of péint (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative péint péinteanna
vocative a phéint a phéinteanna
genitive péinte péinteanna
dative péint péinteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an phéint na péinteanna
genitive na péinte na bpéinteanna
dative leis an bpéint
don phéint
leis na péinteanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of péint
radical lenition eclipsis
péint phéint bpéint

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

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