spéir

See also: speir

Irish

From Middle Irish spéir,^[1] from Latin sphēra, sphaera (“ball, globe, sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”). Doublet of sféar.

spéir f (genitive singular spéire, nominative plural spéartha)

Declension of spéir (second declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an spéir	na spéartha
genitive	na spéire	na spéartha
dative	leis an spéir don spéir	leis na spéartha

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spéir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, pages 38–72
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 158, page 61

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “spéir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1096; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “spéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm