speach

See also: Speach

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Noun

speach (countable and uncountable, plural speaches)

1. Obsolete form of speech.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 11:1:

     And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speach.

Anagrams

• Cephas, H-space, Pechas, Pesach, chapes, cheaps

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠpʲax/

Noun

speach f (genitive singular speiche, nominative plural speacha)

1. kick (of animal)
2. recoil
3. snap, flick
4. fit, spasm

Declension

Declension of speach (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative speach speacha vocative a speach a speacha genitive speiche speach dative speach speacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an speach na speacha genitive na speiche na speach dative leis an speach don speach leis na speacha

Descendants

• → Yola: spagh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “speach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN