spéirghlan
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From spéir (“sky”) + glan (“clean”).
Adjective
[edit]spéirghlan (genitive singular masculine spéirghlain, genitive singular feminine spéirghlaine, plural spéirghlana, comparative spéirghlaine)
- clear-skied
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | spéirghlan | spéirghlan | spéirghlana | |
| vocative | spéirghlain | spéirghlana | ||
| genitive | spéirghlane | spéirghlana | spéirghlan | |
| dative | spéirghlan | spéirghlan; spéirghlain (archaic) |
spéirghlana | |
| Comparative | níos spéirghlane | |||
| Superlative | is spéirghlane | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spéirghlan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN