spairt

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish spairt.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠpˠaɾˠtʲ/[3]

Noun

spairt f (genitive singular spairte, nominative plural spairteanna)

  1. turf that has been left exposed to the rain for a year
  2. wet, heavy clod
  3. blood clot
  4. inert, lazy person

Declension

Declension of spairt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative spairt spairteanna
vocative a spairt a spairteanna
genitive spairte spairteanna
dative spairt spairteanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an spairt na spairteanna
genitive na spairte na spairteanna
dative leis an spairt
don spairt 		leis na spairteanna

References

  1. ^ “spairt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish spairt[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sparˠʃtʲ/

Noun

spairt f (plural spairtean)

  1. turf, clod
  2. splash (of liquid)
  3. daub or plaster

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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