Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From peata (pet) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix) +‎ -acht (abstract noun suffix).

Noun edit

peataireacht f (genitive singular peataireachta)

  1. (act of) petting
  2. pettish, childish, behaviour

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
peataireacht pheataireacht bpeataireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit