spás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "spas"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspaːs]

Verb

spás

1. masculine singular past transgressive of spást

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish spás, from Middle English space, from Old French espace, from Latin spatium.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠæːsˠ/

Noun

spás m (genitive singular spáis, nominative plural spásanna)

1. space (physical extent in two or three dimensions; area beyond atmosphere of planets; personal freedom; bounded or specific physical extent; gap between written characters, lines etc.; a gap, an empty place; piece of type used to separate words; set of points)

Declension

Declension of spás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative spás spásanna Vocative a spáis a spásanna Genitive spáis spásanna Dative spás spásanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an spás na spásanna Genitive an spáis na spásanna Dative leis an spás don spás leis na spásanna

Derived terms

• aeraspás (“aerospace”)
• aerspás (“airspace”)
• anspás (“gorging oneself”)
• hipearspás (“hyperspace”)
• spás páirceála (“parking space”)
• spásáil (“space, spacing”)
• spásaire (“spacer; astronaut”)
• spásmhar (“spacious”, adjective)
• spásúil (“spatial”, adjective)

 

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN