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)

  1. sinful
    Synonym: peacúil

Declension

Noun

peacach m (genitive singular peacaigh, nominative plural peacaigh)

  1. sinner

Declension

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (sinful, committing sin; sinner), from peccad, pecad (sin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰɛxkəx/

Noun

peacach m (genitive singular peacaich, plural peacaich)

  1. sinner

Adjective

peacach

  1. sinful

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
peacachpheacach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “peacach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pecthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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