sparán

Irish

Alternative forms

• sbarán, sporán

Etymology

From Middle Irish sparán (compare Scottish Gaelic sporan), possibly from Late Latin bursa (“purse”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “leather, hide”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠəˈɾˠɑːnˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠpˠaɾˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠpˠaɾˠanˠ/; /ˈsˠpˠɔɾˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the alternative form sporán)

Noun

sparán m (genitive singular sparáin, nominative plural sparáin)

1. purse

   Synonym: mála

2. sporran
3. (animals) stomach

Declension

Declension of sparán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sparán sparáin vocative a sparáin a sparána genitive sparáin sparán dative sparán sparáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sparán na sparáin genitive an sparáin na sparán dative leis an sparán don sparán leis na sparáin

Derived terms

• fear sparáin
• lus an sparáin
• ruóg sparáin
• sparáinín
• sparán Albanach
• sparán na bhfeoirlingí
• sparán na caillí mairbhe
• sparán na scillinge
• sparán nótaí
• sreangáin sparáin
• triopall sparáin

 

Further reading

• “sparán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sparán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sparán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sparán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sparán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38