spairt
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish spairt[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spairt f (genitive singular spairte, nominative plural spairteanna)
- turf that has been left exposed to the rain for a year
- wet, heavy clod
- blood clot
- inert, lazy person
Declension
[edit]Declension of spairt
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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References
[edit]- ^ “spairt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “spairt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 677
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish spairt[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spairt f (plural spairtean)
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language