cuaifeach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuaifeach m (genitive singular cuaifigh, nominative plural cuaifigh)
- blast (of wind)..
- whirlwind, eddying wind
- flurry (sudden and brief blast or gust), squall (sudden storm)
- swipe (strong blow given with a sweeping motion), roundhouse (punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement)
Derived terms
[edit]- cuaifeach uisce (“waterspout”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cuaifeach | chuaifeach | gcuaifeach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coifeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuaifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58
