From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (“sinful, committing sin; sinner”), from peccad, pecad (“sin”) (modern peaca).
peacach (genitive singular masculine peacaigh, genitive singular feminine peacaí, plural peacacha, comparative peacaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
peacach m (genitive singular peacaigh, nominative plural peacaigh)
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
peacach | pheacach | bpeacach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (“sinful, committing sin; sinner”), from peccad, pecad (“sin”).
peacach m (genitive singular peacaich, plural peacaich)
peacach
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
peacach | pheacach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |