sponc

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠɔŋk/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠʊŋk/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠʌŋk/^[3]

Noun edit

sponc m (genitive singular spoinc, nominative plural spoinc)

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

Declension edit

Declension of sponc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sponc	spoinc
Vocative	a spoinc	a sponca
Genitive	spoinc	sponc
Dative	sponc	spoinc

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sponc	na spoinc
Genitive	an spoinc	na sponc
Dative	leis an sponc don sponc	leis na spoinc

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

Further reading edit

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sponnc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 683
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sponc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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