peacach

Irish

Alternative forms

• peacthach

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

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.

Noun

peacach m (genitive singular peacaigh, nominative plural peacaigh)

1. sinner

Declension

Declension of peacach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative peacach peacaigh Vocative a pheacaigh a pheacacha Genitive peacaigh peacach Dative peacach peacaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an peacach na peacaigh Genitive an pheacaigh na bpeacach Dative leis an bpeacach don pheacach leis na peacaigh

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pecthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

Related terms

• peacadh

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “peacach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pecthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language