sprochaille
Irish
Alternative forms
- sbrogaille (obsolete)
- spriochaill, sprochall, sprogaille, sprogall
Etymology
Probably connected to preiceall (“dewlap, double chin”).
Noun
sprochaille f (genitive singular sprochaille, nominative plural sprochaillí)
Declension
Declension of sprochaille
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- sprochailleach
- sprochailleacht
Further reading
- “sprochaille” 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), “sprogaille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “sprogall” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 684.
- "sprochaille" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- M. L. Sjoestedt, 1931, Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, p. 29.
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