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sciúirse

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English scourge, from Old French escorgier (to whip), from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiō, from Latin ex- (thoroughly) + corrigia (thong, whip).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sciúirse m (genitive singular sciúirse, nominative plural sciúirsí)

  1. scourge (whip; persistent source of trouble)

Declension

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Declension of sciúirse (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sciúirse sciúirsí
vocative a sciúirse a sciúirsí
genitive sciúirse sciúirsí
dative sciúirse sciúirsí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sciúirse na sciúirsí
genitive an sciúirse na sciúirsí
dative leis an sciúirse
don sciúirse
leis na sciúirsí

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ sciúirse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24

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