peacúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• peacúlach

Etymology

From peaca (“sin”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

peacúil (genitive singular masculine peacúil, genitive singular feminine peacúla, plural peacúla, comparative peacúla)

1. 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “peacúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “peacúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024