sprionlaithe
Irish
Alternative forms
- spriúnlaithe
- sbrionlaithe, sbrionnlaighthe, sprionnlaighthe, sprionnlaithe, sprionnluighthe, spriúnlaighthe, spriúnluighthe, spriúnluithe, spriunnlaighthe (obsolete)[1][2]
Etymology
Adjective
sprionlaithe
Synonyms
- (miserly, stingy): ceachartha, gortach
- (parsimonious): barainneach
Mutation
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sprionnluiġṫe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 684
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sprionlaithe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
References
- ^ “sprionlaithe”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sprinnlai(g)the”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language