spéirling
Irish
Alternative forms
- speirling
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
Bare forms
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Synonyms
- (thunderstorm): léidearnach thoirní f, stoirm thoirní f
References
- "spéirling" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “spéirling” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.