peata

Estonian

Noun

peata

  1. abessive singular of pea

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish peta, petta, of uncertain (possibly pre-Indo-European substrate) origin.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲat̪ˠə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈpʲæːt̪ˠə/

Noun

peata m (genitive singular peata, nominative plural peataí)

  1. pet (animal kept as a companion; person or animal especially cherished)
  2. spoiled child

Declension
Declension of peata

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative peata peataí
Vocative a pheata a pheataí
Genitive peata peataí
Dative peata peataí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an peata na peataí
Genitive an pheata na bpeataí
Dative leis an bpeata

don pheata

 leis na peataí

Derived terms
  • peata caillí m (“pampered child, no-good person”, literally “an old woman's pet”)
  • peata mamaí m (“molly-coddle”)
  • peataíocht f (“(act of) petting; pettish, childish, behaviour”)
  • peataireacht f (“(act of) petting; pettish, childish, behaviour”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
peata pheata bpeata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter (2000) “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, in Ériu‎, volume 51, →JSTOR, pages 195-199

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • peatadh

Etymology

From Middle Irish peta, petta (“pet”); either from an Old French term related to petit, or a native term (< *fetta ~ *setta).

Noun

peata m (genitive singular peata, plural peatachan or peatan or peataichean)

  1. pet, tame animal
  2. spoiled child

Derived terms
  • peata-odhar m (“cormorant”)
  • peata-ruadh m (“puffin”)

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “peata”, 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), “pet(t)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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