Spáinn

• Sbáin, Sbáinn, Spáin (superseded)

From Middle Irish Espáin, from Old French Espaigne, from Latin Hispānia.

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠɑːɲ/
• (Kerry, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠɑːn̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠæːn̠ʲ/

An Spáinn f (genitive na Spáinne)

1. Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)

• Always preceded by the definite article.

• Spáinneach m (“Spaniard”)
• Spáinneach (“Spanish”, adjective)
• Spáinnis f (“the Spanish language”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Spáinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Spáinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Spáin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 677
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Spáinn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Spáinn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025