spóla
See also: spola
Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ.
Noun
spóla f (genitive singular spólu, nominative plural spólur)
- a videotape
- Synonyms: myndbandsspóla, vídeóspóla
- Eigum við að leigja spólu?
- Wanna rent a video?
- a spool (a cylinder around which thread, wire or cable is wound)
- Synonym: kefli
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | spóla | spólan | spólur | spólurnar |
| accusative | spólu | spóluna | spólur | spólurnar |
| dative | spólu | spólunni | spólum | spólunum |
| genitive | spólu | spólunnar | spóla, spólna | spólanna, spólnanna |
Etymology 2
Verb
spóla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spólaði, supine spólað)
- (intransitive, generally of wheeled vehicles) to spin without resistance
Derived terms
- spóla af (“unspool”)
Irish
Etymology 1
From Scots spaul (“limb, shoulder”), from Middle English spawde, from Old French espalle, from Late Latin spatula (“scapula”).[1]
Alternative forms
- spódhla (obsolete)
- spólla
Pronunciation
Noun
spóla m (genitive singular spóla, nominative plural spólaí)
Declension
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Derived terms
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “spóla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1102; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “spóla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
spóla
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spólla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 224
