peata

Irish

From Middle Irish peta, petta; either from an Old French term related to petit, or a native term (< *fetta ~ *setta).

peata m (genitive singular peata, nominative plural peataí)

Declension of peata

Fourth declension

Bare forms

peata beag a mháthar m (“his mother's little darling”)
peata beag an teaghlaigh m (“the Benjamin of the family”)
peata caillí m (“pampered child, no-good person”, literally “an old woman's pet”)
peata gan mhúineadh m (“unmannerly child”)
peataireacht f, peataíocht f (“(act of) petting; pettish, childish, behaviour”)
peata mamaí m (“molly-coddle”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peata	pheata	bpeata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

From Middle Irish peta, petta (“pet”); either from an Old French term related to petit, or a native term (< *fetta ~ *setta).

peata m (genitive singular peata, plural peatachan or peatan or peataichean)

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
peata	pheata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.