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peacach
peacach
Irish
Alternative forms
Noun
peacach m (genitive singular peacaigh, nominative plural peacaigh)
Declension
Declension of peacach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
- peacaigh (“sin”, verb)
Adjective
peacach (genitive singular masculine peacaigh, genitive singular feminine peacaí, plural peacacha, comparative peacaí)
Declension
Declension of peacach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | peacach | peacach¹ | peacacha³ | |
| Vocative | peacaigh¹ | peacach¹ | peacacha | |
| Genitive | peacaigh¹ | peacaí (obsolete) peacaighe |
peacacha | peacach |
| Dative | peacach² | peacach¹ (archaic) peacaigh¹ |
peacacha³ | |
| Comparative | peacaí (obsolete) peacaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| peacach | pheacach | bpeacach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "peacach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “pecthach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (“sinful, committing sin; sinner”), from peccad, pecad (“sin”) (modern peaca).
Noun
peacach m (genitive singular peacaich, plural peacaich)
Adjective
peacach
Related terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “pecthach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.