spéacla

Irish

Alternative forms

  • spéacláid f
  • spéacláir m

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
singular plural
nominative spéacla spéaclaí
vocative a spéacla a spéaclaí
genitive spéacla spéaclaí
dative spéacla spéaclaí
forms with the definite article
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

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