stuaic

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠuəc/

Noun

stuaic f (genitive singular stuaice, nominative plural stuaiceanna)

1. huff (condition of anger, annoyance etc.), huffiness, sulk, (fit of) pique, pet (fit of petulance)

   Chuir a cuid cainte stuaic orm.

   I took offense at what she said.

   (literally, “Her talk put a huff on me.”)

2. peak (point, sharp end)
3. (geology) pinnacle (craggy rock)
4. (architecture) pinnacle (upright member), spire

   stuaic eaglaise ― church spire

5. (geometry) vertex (corner of a polygon or polyhedron)
6. hair on the crown of the head
7. inclination of the head

Declension

Declension of stuaic (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative stuaic stuaica vocative a stuaic a stuaica genitive stuaice stuaic dative stuaic stuaica forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an stuaic na stuaica genitive na stuaice na stuaic dative leis an stuaic don stuaic leis na stuaica

Synonyms

• (huff(iness), sulk, pique): pus, smut, stainc, tormas
• (spire): spuaic

Derived terms

• stuacach

Further reading

• “stuaic”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “stuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 698
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN