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Irish
Etymology
From spleá (“dependence, subservience; obsequiousness, flattery”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
spleách (genitive singular feminine spleáiche, plural spleácha, comparative spleáiche)
- dependent, subservient (ar (“to”))
- obsequious (le (“towards”))
- sly
- (grammar) dependent
Declension
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spledach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “spleáḋaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 682
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spleách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “spleách”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “spleách”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024