sféar

Irish

Etymology

From Old French sphere, from Late Latin sphēra, earlier Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”). Doublet of spéir.

Noun

sféar m (genitive singular sféir, nominative plural sféir)

1. (mathematics, geometry) sphere

Declension

Declension of sféar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sféar sféir vocative a sféir a sféara genitive sféir sféar dative sféar sféir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sféar na sféir genitive an sféir na sféar dative leis an sféar don sféar leis na sféir

Derived terms

• bithsféar
• fótaisféar
• heitrisféar
• sféarúil