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Irish
Etymology
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Noun
speabhraíd f (genitive singular speabhraíde, nominative plural speabhraídí)
- hallucination, phantasm
- (in the plural) illusions, fantasies, ravings, paranoia
- (as verbal noun) roving, wandering, wool-gathering
Declension
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “speabhraíd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “speabhraíd”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “speabhraíd”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024