sparán
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish sparán (compare Scottish Gaelic sporan), possibly from Late Latin bursa (“purse”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “leather, hide”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠpˠəˈɾˠɑːnˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠpˠaɾˠɑːnˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠpˠaɾˠanˠ/; /ˈsˠpˠɔɾˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the alternative form sporán)[1]
Noun edit
sparán m (genitive singular sparáin, nominative plural sparáin)
Declension edit
Declension of sparán
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
Further reading edit
- “sparán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sparán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sparán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “sparán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sparán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38