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Irish
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
smíste m (genitive singular smíste, nominative plural smístí)
- maul (heavy, long-handled hammer)
- bat (club used for striking the ball in sports)
- Synonyms: slacán, bata, maide
- pestle
- Synonym: tuairgnín
- club (weapon), cudgel
- Synonyms: cleith, bata, maide, smachtín
- big loutish person
- smash (sound of a violent impact)
- Synonyms: pléasc, pleist, tuairt
Declension
Further reading
- “smíste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “smíste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 660
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “smíste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13
Etymology 2
Participle
smíste
- past participle of smíst
Noun
smíste
- genitive singular of smísteadh