spré
Appearance
See also: spre
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish spréid (“cattle, wealth”), possibly from Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”) with s- of unclear origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spré f (genitive singular spré, nominative plural spréanna)
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spré f (genitive singular spré, nominative plural spréacha)
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[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sˠpʲɾʲeː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠpʲɾʲeːw/[2] (corresponding to the form spréadh or spréamh)
Noun
[edit]spré m (genitive singular spréite)
- verbal noun of spréigh (“to spread, scatter”)
- spread
- flare
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[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- spré ar X! (“darn X!, drat X!, confound X!”)
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 47
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 154, page 60
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spré”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN