spíosra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic spísrad,[2] from Middle English spice + Old Irish -rad (collective suffix). By surface analysis, spíos (now obsolete) +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠpʲiːsˠəɾˠə/[3]

Noun

spíosra m (genitive singular spíosra, nominative plural spíosraí)

  1. spice (aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food)
  2. (collective) spices

Declension

Declension of spíosra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative spíosra spíosraí
vocative a spíosra a spíosraí
genitive spíosra spíosraí
dative spíosra spíosraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an spíosra na spíosraí
genitive an spíosra na spíosraí
dative leis an spíosra
don spíosra 		leis na spíosraí

Usage notes

Although the singular spíosra can be used collectively to mean “spices”, the plural spíosraí is widely used.

References

  1. ^ “spíosra”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spísrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 228

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “spíosraḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1100; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “spíosra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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