smachtín

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From smacht (“subjection; restraint”) +‎ -ín (diminutive)

Pronunciation

Noun

smachtín m (genitive singular smachtín, nominative plural smachtíní)

  1. cudgel, baton, club, bludgeon, truncheon, blackjack
    Synonym: cleith
  2. short, stout person

Declension

Declension of smachtín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative smachtín smachtíní
vocative a smachtín a smachtíní
genitive smachtín smachtíní
dative smachtín smachtíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an smachtín na smachtíní
genitive an smachtín na smachtíní
dative leis an smachtín
don smachtín 		leis na smachtíní

References

  1. ^ “smachtín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “smaiċtín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 658
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 263, page 93

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