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péacach

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See also: peacach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From péac (“peak”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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péacach (genitive singular masculine péacaigh, genitive singular feminine péacaí, plural péacacha, comparative péacaí)

  1. showy (making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display)
    cailín péacach ― a sharp-dressed girl
  2. flashy, gaudy, flash
  3. (dated) pointed, peaked, sharp

Declension

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Declension of péacach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative péacach phéacach péacacha;
phéacacha2
vocative phéacaigh péacacha
genitive péacaí péacacha péacach
dative péacach;
phéacach1 		phéacach;
phéacaigh (archaic) 		péacacha;
phéacacha2
Comparative níos péacaí
Superlative is péacaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of péacach
radical lenition eclipsis
péacach phéacach bpéacach

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

References

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  1. ^ “péacach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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