peacadh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

peacadh m (genitive singular peacaidh, plural peacaidhean)

  1. (theology) sin

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
  • “pec(c)ad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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