scuaid

Irish

Alternative forms

• scuadán, scuadar
• sguaid (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠkuədʲ/

Noun

scuaid f (genitive singular scuaide, nominative plural scuaideanna)

1. spatter, splash, splatter

   scuaid láibe ― splash of mud

2. (veterinary medicine) diarrhea; (colloquial) diarrhea (in humans)

   Synonym: scaoing

3. sloppy, untidy person

Declension

Declension of scuaid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative scuaid scuaideanna vocative a scuaid a scuaideanna genitive scuaide scuaideanna dative scuaid scuaideanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an scuaid na scuaideanna genitive na scuaide na scuaideanna dative leis an scuaid don scuaid leis na scuaideanna

Derived terms

• scuaideáil
• scuaideálaí
• scuaideog

Further reading

• “scuaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scuaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scuaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59