lagsprid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lag- (weak, lacking) +‎ sprid (“spirit, courage”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑɡsˠpʲɾʲidʲ/[2]

Noun

lagsprid f (genitive singular lagspride)

  1. lowness of spirits, despondency
  2. want of spirit, pusillanimity

Declension

Declension of lagsprid (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative lagsprid
vocative a lagsprid
genitive lagspride
dative lagsprid
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an lagsprid
genitive na lagspride
dative leis an lagsprid
don lagsprid

References

  1. ^ “lagsprid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 237, page 120

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