spéacla
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish spécla, from Latin speculum (“mirror”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spéacla m (genitive singular spéacla, nominative plural spéaclaí)
- eyeglass
- (in the plural) eyeglasses, spectacles
Declension edit
Declension of spéacla
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- leathspéacla m (“one lens of a pair of spectacles; eyeglass, monocle”)
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spéacla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “spécla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language