peaca marfach

Irish

Alternative forms

• peaca marfa

Noun

peaca marfach m (genitive singular peaca mharfaigh, nominative plural peacaí marfacha)

1. (Roman Catholicism, theology) mortal sin, deadly sin
2. (Roman Catholicism, theology) cardinal sin

   Synonym: ceannpheaca

3. (humorous) hanging offence (something very bad)

Mutation

Mutated forms of peaca marfach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
peaca marfach	pheaca marfach	bpeaca marfach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peaca marfach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “peaca marfach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “peaca marfach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024