sponc

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English spunk,[2] itself partially from Middle Irish sponc (“sponge”) (from Latin spongia), a sense which is now obsolete in Irish.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sponc m (genitive singular spoinc, nominative plural spoinc)

  1. tinder, touchwood, spunk
  2. spunk (courage; spirit; mettle; determination)
    Synonym: sprid
  3. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

Declension

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Declension of sponc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sponc spoinc
Vocative a spoinc a sponca
Genitive spoinc sponc
Dative sponc spoinc

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sponc na spoinc
Genitive an spoinc na sponc
Dative leis an sponc

don sponc

leis na spoinc

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “sponc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spongc, sponc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

Further reading

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