paiste

From Proto-Finnic *paistëk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯ste/,
• Rhymes: -ɑiste

paiste (genitive paiste, partitive paistet)

1. glow, radiance (illuminating, warming rays)

• “paiste”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Proto-Finnic *paistëk, equivalent to paistaa (“to shine, glow”) +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯steˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑiste
• Hyphenation^(key): pais‧te

paiste

1. the light and often the heat from some source, e.g. shine (as in sunshine, moonshine), glow (as in fireglow)

• paistaa

• “paiste”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• petasi

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠaʃtʲə/

From Middle Irish paisti, from Middle English patche, pacche, of uncertain origin. See English patch for more.

paiste m (genitive singular paiste, nominative plural paistí)

1. patch

   paiste a chur ar rud ― to put a patch on something

2. portion, spell
3. place, spot

• paisteáil (“to patch”)
• obair phaistí (“patchwork”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

paiste f

1. genitive singular of paist

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “paiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “paiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “paiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67