peataíocht

Irish

Etymology

From peata (“pet”) +‎ -aí (agent noun suffix) +‎ -acht (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

peataíocht f (genitive singular peataíochta)

1. Alternative form of peataireacht (“(act of) petting; pettish, childish, behaviour”)

Declension

Declension of peataíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative peataíocht vocative a pheataíocht genitive peataíochta dative peataíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an pheataíocht genitive na peataíochta dative leis an bpeataíocht don pheataíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of peataíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
peataíocht	pheataíocht	bpeataíocht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peataireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN