spuaic

Irish

Etymology

Apparently a conflation of buaic (“top, summit”)[1] and stuaic (“pinnacle, spire; huff”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠpˠuəc/[2]

Noun

spuaic f (genitive singular spuaice, nominative plural spuaiceanna or spuaiceacha or spuacacha)

  1. blister (bubble on the skin)
  2. spire, steeple
    Synonym: stuaic
  3. callus
  4. pinnacle (highest point; tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain)
    Synonyms: buaic, stuaic
  5. huff (expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)
    Synonym: stuaic

Declension

Declension of spuaic (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative spuaic spuaiceanna
vocative a spuaic a spuaiceanna
genitive spuaice spuaiceanna
dative spuaic spuaiceanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an spuaic na spuaiceanna
genitive na spuaice na spuaiceanna
dative leis an spuaic
don spuaic 		leis na spuaiceanna

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123

Further reading

  • “spuaic”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “spuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 685
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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