spól

See also: spol, spol., and spół-

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /sˠpˠoːl̪ˠ/, /sˠpˠoːlˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠpˠɔːlˠ/[1]

Etymology 1

From spóla (cut of meat, joint of meat), from Scots spaul (limb, shoulder).

Verb

spól (present analytic spólann, future analytic spólfaidh, verbal noun spóladh, past participle spólta)

  1. to cut (meat) into joints
  2. (figurative) to cut to pieces
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Fingallian: spole

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “spólaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1102; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Middle English spole, from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (spool).

Alternative forms

Noun

spól m (genitive singular spóil)

  1. spool (device around which thread, wire or cable is wound)
  2. (weaving) shuttle (weaving tool)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “spól”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1102; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 438, page 141