peacúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- peacúlach
Etymology
From peaca (“sin”) + -úil.
Adjective
peacúil (genitive singular masculine peacúil, genitive singular feminine peacúla, plural peacúla, comparative peacúla)
- sinful, decadent
- Synonym: peacach
Declension
Declension of peacúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | peacúil | pheacúil | peacúla; pheacúla² | |
| Vocative | pheacúil | peacúla | ||
| Genitive | peacúla | peacúla | peacúil | |
| Dative | peacúil; pheacúil¹ | pheacúil | peacúla; pheacúla² | |
| Comparative | níos peacúla | |||
| Superlative | is peacúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- peacúlacht
Related terms
- peacach
- peacaigh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| peacúil | pheacúil | bpeacúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “peacúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “peacúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “peacúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.