Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish spéirling (“violence, strife, contention”).
Noun
spéirling f (genitive singular spéirlinge, nominative plural spéirlingí)
- (thunder-)storm
- violence, strife; contest, fight
Declension
Declension of spéirling (second declension)
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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