spairt

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish spairt.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠpˠaɾˠtʲ/[3]

Noun

spairt f (genitive singular spairte, nominative plural spairteanna)

  1. turf that has been left exposed to the rain for a year
  2. wet, heavy clod
  3. blood clot
  4. inert, lazy person

Declension

Declension of spairt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative spairt spairta
vocative a spairt a spairta
genitive spairte spairt
dative spairt spairta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an spairt na spairta
genitive na spairte na spairt
dative leis an spairt
don spairt 		leis na spairta

References

  1. ^ “spairt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish spairt[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sparˠʃtʲ/

Noun

spairt f (plural spairtean)

  1. turf, clod
  2. splash (of liquid)
  3. daub or plaster

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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