peitriceimiceach

Irish

Etymology

From peitri- (“petro-”) +‎ ceimic (“chemistry”) + -ach.

Adjective

peitriceimiceach (genitive singular masculine peitriceimicigh, genitive singular feminine peitriceimicí, plural peitriceimiceacha, not comparable)

1. (chemistry) petrochemical

Declension

Declension of peitriceimiceach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	peitriceimiceach	pheitriceimiceach	peitriceimiceacha; pheitriceimiceacha2
vocative	pheitriceimicigh		peitriceimiceacha
genitive		peitriceimicí	peitriceimiceacha	peitriceimiceach
dative	peitriceimiceach; pheitriceimiceach1	pheitriceimiceach; pheitriceimicigh (archaic)	peitriceimiceacha; pheitriceimiceacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Related terms

• ceimiceach
• peitriceimiceán

Mutation

Mutated forms of peitriceimiceach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
peitriceimiceach	pheitriceimiceach	bpeitriceimiceach

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) “peitriceimiceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN