péint

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See also: peint

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English paint, from Old French.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʲeːnʲtʲ/

Noun

péint f (genitive singular péinte, nominative plural péinteanna)

paint
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

péinteáil (“painting, paint-work”)
péinteáil (“paint”, verb)
péintéir (“painter”)
scuab phéinte (“paintbrush”)

Related terms

péintéireacht (“painting”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
péint	phéint	bpéint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“paint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “péint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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