pacaid

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

pacaid f (genitive singular pacaide, plural pacaidean)

  1. packet
    pacaid litrichean ― a packet of letters
  2. packet-boat
  3. female tell-tale or tattler

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
pacaidphacaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “pacaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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