spleá

Irish

Alternative forms

• spleadh (superseded)
• spleádh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish spled (“sport, play; boasting, exaggeration; flattery”), from Old English pleġa (“exercise”).

Noun

spleá f (genitive singular spleá)

1. dependence, subservience
2. obsequiousness, flattery

Declension

Declension of spleá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative spleá Vocative a spleá Genitive spleá Dative spleá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an spleá Genitive na spleá Dative leis an spleá don spleá

Derived terms

• spleách (“dependent, subservient; obsequious; sly”)