scuaid

Irish

Alternative forms

  • scuadán, scuadar
  • sguaid (obsolete)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠkuədʲ/[2]

Noun

scuaid f (genitive singular scuaide, nominative plural scuaideanna)

  1. spatter, splash, splatter
    scuaid láibe ― splash of mud
  2. (veterinary medicine) diarrhea; (colloquial) diarrhea (in humans)
    Synonym: scaoing
  3. sloppy, untidy person

Declension

Declension of scuaid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scuaid scuaideanna
vocative a scuaid a scuaideanna
genitive scuaide scuaideanna
dative scuaid scuaideanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scuaid na scuaideanna
genitive na scuaide na scuaideanna
dative leis an scuaid
don scuaid 		leis na scuaideanna

Derived terms

  • scuaideáil
  • scuaideálaí
  • scuaideog

References

  1. ^ “scuaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scuaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 993; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scuaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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