peccad

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• pecad, peccath

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin peccātum. The inflection as a masculine u-stem is due to analogy with the verbal noun suffix -ad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲekað]

Noun

peccad m (genitive pectha, nominative plural pecthe)

1. sin

For quotations using this term, see Citations:peccad.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	peccad, peccath, pecad	peccadL, peccath, pecad	pec(c)thiH, pectha(i), pecdæ, pecth(a)e
vocative	peccad, peccath, pecad	peccadL, peccath, pecad	pecthu
accusative	peccadN, peccath, pecad	peccadL, peccath, pecad	pecthu
genitive	pec(c)thoH, pec(c)thaH	pec(c)thoL, pec(c)thaL	pecth(a)eN
dative	peccadL, peccath, pecad	pecth(a)ib	pecth(a)ib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• pecthach

Descendants

• Middle Irish: peccad (o-stem)
  • Irish: peaca
  • Manx: peccah
  • Scottish Gaelic: peacadh

Mutation

Mutation of peccad

radical	lenition	nasalization
peccad	pheccad or unchanged	peccad pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• 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