spéirling

Irish

Alternative forms

• speirling

Etymology

From Old Irish spéirling (“violence, strife, contention”).

Noun

spéirling f (genitive singular spéirlinge, nominative plural spéirlingí)

1. (thunder-)storm
2. violence, strife; contest, fight

Declension

Declension of spéirling

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative spéirling spéirlingí Vocative a spéirling a spéirlingí Genitive spéirlinge spéirlingí Dative spéirling spéirlingí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an spéirling na spéirlingí Genitive na spéirlinge na spéirlingí Dative leis an spéirling don spéirling leis na spéirlingí

Synonyms

• (thunderstorm): léidearnach thoirní f, stoirm thoirní f

References

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