spéir
Appearance
See also: speir
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish spéir,[1] from Latin sphēra, sphaera (“ball, globe, sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”). Doublet of sféar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spéir f (genitive singular spéire, nominative plural spéartha)
Declension
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Synonyms
[edit]- (sky, air): aer
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
Further reading
[edit]- 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