peacach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (“sinful, committing sin; sinner”), from peccad, pecad (“sin”) (modern peaca).[1]

Adjective

peacach (genitive singular masculine peacaigh, genitive singular feminine peacaí, plural peacacha, comparative peacaí)

  1. sinful
    Synonym: peacúil

Declension

Declension of peacach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative peacach pheacach peacacha;
pheacacha2
vocative pheacaigh peacacha
genitive peacaí peacacha peacach
dative peacach;
pheacach1 		pheacach;
pheacaigh (archaic) 		peacacha;
pheacacha2
Comparative níos peacaí
Superlative is peacaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

peacach m (genitive singular peacaigh, nominative plural peacaigh)

  1. sinner

Declension

Declension of peacach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative peacach peacaigh
vocative a pheacaigh a pheacacha
genitive peacaigh peacach
dative peacach peacaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an peacach na peacaigh
genitive an pheacaigh na bpeacach
dative leis an bpeacach
don pheacach 		leis na peacaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of peacach
radical lenition eclipsis
peacach pheacach bpeacach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pecthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (“sinful, committing sin; sinner”), from peccad, pecad (“sin”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

peacach m (genitive singular peacaich, plural peacaich)

  1. sinner

Adjective

peacach

  1. sinful

Mutation

Mutation of peacach
radical lenition
peacach pheacach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pecthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “peacach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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