peacadh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲaku/

Noun

peacadh m (genitive singular peacaidh, nominative plural peacaidh)

1. Ulster form of peaca (“sin”)

Declension

Declension of peacadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative peacadh peacaidh Vocative a pheacaidh a pheacadha Genitive peacaidh peacadh Dative peacadh peacaidh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an peacadh na peacaidh Genitive an pheacaidh na bpeacadh Dative leis an bpeacadh don pheacadh leis na peacaidh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peacadh	pheacadh	bpeacadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish peccad, pecad, borrowed from Latin peccātum, from peccō (“I sin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛxkəɣ/

Noun

peacadh m (genitive singular peacaidh, plural peacaidhean)

1. (theology) sin

Related terms

• peacach
• peacaich

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “peacadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pec(c)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language