Irish
Etymology
From scuab (“sweep”) + buille (“blow, stroke”).
Noun
scuab-bhuille m (genitive singular scuab-bhuille, nominative plural scuab-bhuillí)
- (sports) sweep (sweeping blow)
Declension
Declension of scuab-bhuille (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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scuab-bhuille
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scuab-bhuillí
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| vocative
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a scuab-bhuille
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a scuab-bhuillí
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| genitive
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scuab-bhuille
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scuab-bhuillí
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| dative
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scuab-bhuille
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scuab-bhuillí
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an scuab-bhuille
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na scuab-bhuillí
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| genitive
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an scuab-bhuille
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na scuab-bhuillí
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| dative
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leis an scuab-bhuille don scuab-bhuille
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leis na scuab-bhuillí
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scuab-bhuille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scuab-bhuille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “scuab-bhuille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025