sciúirse

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English scourge, from Old French escorgier (“to whip”), from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiō, from Latin ex- (“thoroughly”) + corrigia (“thong, whip”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sciúirse m (genitive singular sciúirse, nominative plural sciúirsí)

  1. scourge (whip; persistent source of trouble)

Declension

Declension of sciúirse (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sciúirse sciúirsí
vocative a sciúirse a sciúirsí
genitive sciúirse sciúirsí
dative sciúirse sciúirsí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sciúirse na sciúirsí
genitive an sciúirse na sciúirsí
dative leis an sciúirse
don sciúirse 		leis na sciúirsí

Derived terms

  • sciúirseáil
  • sciúirseoir

References

  1. ^ “sciúirse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24

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