Spáinn
See also: Spàinn
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish Espáin, from Latin Hispānia.
PronunciationEdit
- (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /sˠpˠɑːɲ/
- (Kerry, Connacht) IPA(key): /sˠpˠɑːn̠ʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠpˠæːn̠ʲ/
Proper nounEdit
An Spáinn f (genitive na Spáinne)
Usage notesEdit
- Always preceded by the definite article.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Spáinn
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- Spáinneach (“Spanish”, adjective)
- Spáinneach m (“Spaniard”)
- Spáinnis f (“the Spanish language”)
Further readingEdit
- "Spáinn" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “Spáinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “Spáinn” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Entries containing “Spáinn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Spáinn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.