sparán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sparán (compare Scottish Gaelic sporan), possibly from Late Latin bursa (“purse”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “leather, hide”).

Noun

sparán m (genitive singular sparáin, nominative plural sparáin)

1. purse

   Synonym: mála

2. sporran
3. (animals) stomach

Declension

Declension of sparán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sparán sparáin Vocative a sparáin a sparána Genitive sparáin sparán Dative sparán sparáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sparán na sparáin Genitive an sparáin na sparán Dative leis an sparán don sparán leis na sparáin

Derived terms

• fear sparáin (“bursar, treasurer”)
• lus an sparáin (“shepherd's purse”)
• ruóg sparáin (“purse-string”)
• sparán Albanach (“sporran”)
• sparán na bhfeoirlingí (“(ruminant's) second stomach, reticulum”)
• sparán na caillí mairbhe (“egg-case of skate, mermaid's purse”)
• sparán na scillinge (“(leprechaun's) inexhaustible purse; the widow’s cruse”)
• sparán nótaí (“note-case”)
• sreangáin sparáin (“purse-strings”)
• triopall sparáin (“lower part of (string-)purse”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sparán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sparán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sparán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sparán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024