spleá

Irish

Alternative forms

• spleadh (superseded)
• spleádh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish spled (“sport, play; boasting, exaggeration; flattery”), from Old English pleġa (“exercise”).

Noun

spleá f (genitive singular spleá)

1. dependence, subservience
2. obsequiousness, flattery

Declension

Declension of spleá (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative spleá vocative a spleá genitive spleá dative spleá forms with the definite article case singular nominative an spleá genitive na spleá dative leis an spleá don spleá

Derived terms

• spleách (“dependent, subservient; obsequious; sly”)