peaca

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʲakə/

Noun

peaca m (genitive singular peaca, nominative plural peacaí)

sin

Declension

Declension of peaca

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	peaca	peacaí
Vocative	a pheaca	a pheacaí
Genitive	peaca	peacaí
Dative	peaca	peacaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an peaca	na peacaí
Genitive	an pheaca	na bpeacaí
Dative	leis an bpeaca don pheaca	leis na peacaí

Derived terms

Derived terms

peaca an tsinsir m (“original sin”)
peaca an uabhair m (“the sin of pride”)

peacach (“sinful”, adjective)
peacach m (“sinner”)

peacaigh (“sin”, verb)
peaca marfa m, peaca marfach m (“mortal sin”)

peacúil, peacúlach (“sinful”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peaca	pheaca	bpeaca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"peaca" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “peaca” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “peaca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“pec(c)ad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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