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Irish
Etymology
From Middle English scourge, from Old French escorgier (“to whip”), from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiō, from Latin ex- (“thoroughly”) + corrigia (“thong, whip”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sciúirse m (genitive singular sciúirse, nominative plural sciúirsí)
- scourge (whip; persistent source of trouble)
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sciúrsa, sciúirse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language0
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sciuirse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 610
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciúirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN