"speal" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /spjal̪ˠ/ Forms: speala [genitive, singular], spealan [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Irish spelaid, said by DIL to be from Middle English pelen (“peel”), though the s- remains unexplained. The noun is derived from the verb. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|spelaid}} Middle Irish spelaid, {{der|gd|enm|pelen|t=peel}} Middle English pelen (“peel”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|speala|||||||plural|spealan||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} speal f (genitive singular speala, plural spealan), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=speala|pl=spealan}} speal f (genitive singular speala, plural spealan)
  1. scythe, scythe-blade Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-speal-gd-noun-bMiImw4i Disambiguation of Tools: 44 41 16

Verb

IPA: /spjal̪ˠ/ Forms: speal [past], spealaidh [future], spealadh [noun-from-verb], spealte [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle Irish spelaid, said by DIL to be from Middle English pelen (“peel”), though the s- remains unexplained. The noun is derived from the verb. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|spelaid}} Middle Irish spelaid, {{der|gd|enm|pelen|t=peel}} Middle English pelen (“peel”) Head templates: {{head|gd|verb|past|speal|||future|spealaidh|||verbal noun|spealadh|||||past participle|spealte|head=}} speal (past speal, future spealaidh, verbal noun spealadh, past participle spealte), {{gd-verb|fut=spealaidh|past=speal|pp=spealte|vn=spealadh}} speal (past speal, future spealaidh, verbal noun spealadh, past participle spealte)
  1. mow, cut down, scythe Categories (topical): Agriculture, Tools
    Sense id: en-speal-gd-verb-8DGTHypq Disambiguation of Agriculture: 21 60 19 Disambiguation of Tools: 44 41 16 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 23 57 20
  2. use cutting words Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-speal-gd-verb-DDWqx0T0 Disambiguation of Tools: 44 41 16

Download JSON data for speal meaning in Scottish Gaelic (4.1kB)

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