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 or spéireach, nominative plural spéartha or spéireacha)

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

Alternative declension:

Declension of spéir (fifth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	spéir	spéireacha
vocative	a spéir	a spéireacha
genitive	spéireach	spéireacha
dative	spéir spéirigh (archaic, dialectal)	spéireacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an spéir	na spéireacha
genitive	na spéireach	na spéireacha
dative	leis an spéir leis an spéirigh (archaic, dialectal) don spéir don spéirigh (archaic, dialectal)	leis na spéireacha

^ 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, § 72, page 38
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 158, page 61

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