sceach

Irish

Alternative forms

• scéach

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃcax]

Noun

sceach f (genitive singular sceiche, nominative plural sceacha)

1. whitethorn, hawthorn
2. 1. thornbush
   2. brier
   3. bramble(bush)
3. prickly, quarrelsome, person

Declension

Declension of sceach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sceach sceacha Vocative a sceach a sceacha Genitive sceiche sceach Dative sceach sceich (archaic, dialectal) sceacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sceach na sceacha Genitive na sceiche na sceach Dative leis an sceach leis an sceich (archaic, dialectal) don sceach don sceich (archaic, dialectal) leis na sceacha

Synonyms

• (whitethorn, hawthorn): sceah gheal
• (whitethorn): uath (literary)
• (brier): sceach thalún
• (prickly, quarrelsome, person): sceachaire

Derived terms

• sceach i mbéal bearna (“stop-gap”)
• sceach i scornach (“frog in the throat”)
• sceachach (“full of hawthorns, of thorn-bushes; briery, brambly”, adjective)
• sceachóir (“haw”)
• sceachra (“thorns, brambles”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN