spéacla

Irish

Alternative forms

• spéacláid f
• spéacláir m

Etymology

From Old Irish spécla, from Latin speculum (“mirror”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠpʲeːkl̪ˠə/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠpʲeːˈkl̪ˠə/

Noun

spéacla m (genitive singular spéacla, nominative plural spéaclaí)

1. eyeglass
2. (in the plural) eyeglasses, spectacles

Declension

Declension of spéacla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative spéacla spéaclaí Vocative a spéacla a spéaclaí Genitive spéacla spéaclaí Dative spéacla spéaclaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an spéacla na spéaclaí Genitive an spéacla na spéaclaí Dative leis an spéacla don spéacla leis na spéaclaí

Derived terms

• leathspéacla m (“one lens of a pair of spectacles; eyeglass, monocle”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spéacla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spécla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language