spuaic

Apparently a conflation of buaic (“top, summit”) and stuaic (“pinnacle, spire; huff”)

• IPA^(key): /sˠpˠuəc/

spuaic f (genitive singular spuaice, nominative plural spuaiceanna or spuaiceacha or spuacacha)

1. blister (bubble on the skin)
2. spire, steeple

   Synonym: stuaic

3. callus
4. pinnacle (highest point; tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain)

   Synonyms: buaic, stuaic

5. huff (expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)

   Synonym: stuaic

• Alternative plurals: spuaiceacha, spuacacha

• “spuaic”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “spuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 685
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN