péint

péint

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)

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

• 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 by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “péint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.