peaca

Irish

Alternative forms

• peacadh

Etymology

From Old Irish pec(c)ad, from Latin peccātum, from peccō (“I sin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲakə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲaku/ (corresponding to the alternative form peacadh)

Noun

peaca m (genitive singular peaca, nominative plural peacaí)

1. sin

Declension

Declension of peaca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative peaca peacaí Vocative a pheaca a pheacaí Genitive peaca peacaí Dative peaca peacaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an peaca na peacaí Genitive an pheaca na bpeacaí Dative leis an bpeaca don pheaca leis na peacaí

Derived terms

• peaca an tsinsir
• peaca marfa
• peaca marfach
• peacach
• peacaigh
• peacúil
• peacúlach

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peaca	pheaca	bpeaca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peaca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “peaca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “peaca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pec(c)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language