spréach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from spréacha, plural of spré, from Middle Irish spréd.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spréach f (genitive singular spréiche, nominative plural spréacha)
- spark (burst of electrical discharge; particle of glowing matter)
Declension edit
Declension of spréach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Verb edit
spréach (present analytic spréachann, future analytic spréachfaidh, verbal noun spréachadh, past participle spréachta)
- to spark (give off sparks)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of spréach (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13
Further reading edit
- “spréach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “spréd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “spréaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spréach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN