spìos

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old French espice, from Latin speciēs (“kind, sort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪piəs̪/, /s̪piːs̪/

Noun

spìos m (genitive singular spìosa, plural spìosan)

1. spice

Derived terms

• spìosrach (“spicy”)
• spìosrachd f (“spiciness”)
• spìosraich (“spice, season”, verb)

 

Mutation

Mutation of spìos

radical	lenition
spìos	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “spìos”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN