spadair

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsbadɛrʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse spjátra (“to act foppish”).[2] See also spaideil.

Noun

spadair m (genitive singular spadair, plural spadairean)

  1. fop
  2. braggart
  3. (obsolete) dullard

Etymology 2

spad +‎ -air

Noun

spadair m (genitive singular spadair, plural spadairean)

  1. (obsolete) killer
  2. (obsolete) bruiser, pugilist
  3. feller, lumberjack

References
  1. “spadair” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
  2. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “spadair”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 336
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