peacach

Irish

Alternative forms

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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pecthach, peccach, pecach (“sinful, committing sin; sinner”), from peccad, pecad (“sin”).

Noun

peacach m (genitive singular peacaich, plural peacaich)

  1. sinner

Adjective

peacach

  1. sinful

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

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “pecthach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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