speireach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From speir (“hock, hough”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

speireach m (genitive singular speirigh, nominative plural speirigh)

  1. lanky, long-legged young man

Declension

Declension of speireach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative speireach speirigh
vocative a speirigh a speireacha
genitive speirigh speireach
dative speireach speirigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an speireach na speirigh
genitive an speirigh na speireach
dative leis an speireach
don speireach 		leis na speirigh

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 267, page 95

Further reading

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