spás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "spas"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspaːs]

Verb

spás

1. masculine singular past transgressive of spást

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish spás, from Middle English space, from Old French espace, from Latin spatium.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠæːsˠ/

Noun

spás m (genitive singular spáis, nominative plural spásanna)

1. space (physical extent in two or three dimensions; area beyond atmosphere of planets; personal freedom; bounded or specific physical extent; gap between written characters, lines etc.; a gap, an empty place; piece of type used to separate words; set of points)

Declension

Declension of spás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative spás spásanna vocative a spáis a spásanna genitive spáis spásanna dative spás spásanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an spás na spásanna genitive an spáis na spásanna dative leis an spás don spás leis na spásanna

Derived terms

• aeraspás (“aerospace”)
• aerspás (“airspace”)
• anspás (“gorging oneself”)
• hipearspás (“hyperspace”)
• spás páirceála (“parking space”)
• spásáil (“space, spacing”)
• spásaire (“spacer; astronaut”)
• spásmhar (“spacious”, adjective)
• spásúil (“spatial”, adjective)

 

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN