spuaic
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Apparently a conflation of buaic (“top, summit”) and stuaic (“pinnacle, spire; huff”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spuaic f (genitive singular spuaice, nominative plural spuaiceanna or spuaiceacha or spuacacha)
- blister (bubble on the skin)
- spire, steeple
- Synonym: stuaic
- callus
- pinnacle (highest point; tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain)
- huff (expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)
- Synonym: stuaic
Declension edit
Declension of spuaic
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plurals: spuaiceacha, spuacacha
Further reading edit
- “spuaic”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “spuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 685
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN