spuaic

spuaic

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠpˠuəc/

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 Case Singular Plural Nominative spuaic spuaiceanna Vocative a spuaic a spuaiceanna Genitive spuaice spuaiceanna Dative spuaic spuaiceanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an spuaic na spuaiceanna Genitive na spuaice na spuaiceanna Dative leis an spuaic don spuaic leis na spuaiceanna

• Alternative plurals: spuaiceacha, spuacacha

Further reading

• “spuaic” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “spuaic” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 685.
• "spuaic" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.