spéir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish spéir, sbéir, from Latin sphēra, sphaera (ball, globe, sphere), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaĩra, ball, globe).

Noun

spéir f (genitive spéire, nominative plural spéartha)

  1. sky; air
  2. airiness' brightness, light
  3. (literary) sphere, circle
  4. (literary) orbit

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