spleá

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle 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”)
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