sponc

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sbonc, sbongc, spongc, sponnc, spunc, spunnc (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From English spunk,[2] itself partially from Middle Irish sponc (“sponge”) (from Latin spongia), a sense which is now obsolete in Irish.

Pronunciation

Noun

sponc m (genitive singular spoinc, nominative plural spoinc)

  1. tinder, touchwood, spunk
  2. spunk (courage; spirit; mettle; determination)
    Synonym: sprid
  3. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

Declension

Declension of sponc (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sponc spoinc
vocative a spoinc a sponca
genitive spoinc sponc
dative sponc spoinc
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sponc na spoinc
genitive an spoinc na sponc
dative leis an sponc
don sponc 		leis na spoinc

Derived terms

  • sponcach
  • sponcán

References

  1. ^ “sponc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spongc, sponc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

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