peacach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (“sinful, committing sin; sinner”), from peccad, pecad (“sin”) (modern peaca).
Adjective
peacach (genitive singular masculine peacaigh, genitive singular feminine peacaí, plural peacacha, comparative peacaí)
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.
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)
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”).
Related terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| peacach | pheacach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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
- “pecthach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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