peaca

Irish

From Old Irish peccad, from Latin peccātum, from peccō (“to sin”).^[1]

(Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲakə/^[2]^[3]
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲækə/, [ˈpʲæːkə]^[4]
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲaku(ː)/^[5]^[6]^[7] (corresponding to the form peacadh)

peaca m (genitive singular peaca, nominative plural peacaí)

Declension of peaca (fourth declension)

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

Mutated forms of *peaca*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
peaca	pheaca	bpeaca

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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pec(c)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 6, page 6
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 210
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 366
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 255, page 58
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 4, page 5
^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 203