spréach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • spiach
  • spreuch (obsolete)

Etymology

Back-formation from spréacha, plural of spré, from Middle Irish spréd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠpʲɾʲeːx/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠpʲɾʲia̯x/[1]

Noun

spréach f (genitive singular spréiche, nominative plural spréacha)

  1. spark (burst of electrical discharge; particle of glowing matter)

Declension

Verb

spréach (present analytic spréachann, future analytic spréachfaidh, verbal noun spréachadh, past participle spréachta)

  1. to spark (give off sparks)

Conjugation

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13

Further reading

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