sparán

Irish

Alternative forms

• sbarán, sporán

Etymology

From Middle Irish sparán (compare Scottish Gaelic sporan), possibly from Late Latin bursa (“purse”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “leather, hide”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠəˈɾˠɑːnˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠpˠaɾˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠpˠaɾˠanˠ/; /ˈsˠpˠɔɾˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the alternative form sporán)

Noun

sparán m (genitive singular sparáin, nominative plural sparáin)

1. purse

   Synonym: mála

2. sporran
3. (animals) stomach

Declension

Declension of sparán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sparán sparáin Vocative a sparáin a sparána Genitive sparáin sparán Dative sparán sparáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sparán na sparáin Genitive an sparáin na sparán Dative leis an sparán don sparán leis na sparáin

Derived terms

• fear sparáin
• lus an sparáin
• ruóg sparáin
• sparáinín
• sparán Albanach
• sparán na bhfeoirlingí
• sparán na caillí mairbhe
• sparán na scillinge
• sparán nótaí
• sreangáin sparáin
• triopall sparáin

 

Further reading

• “sparán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sparán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sparán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sparán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sparán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38