sprioc-am

Irish

Etymology

From sprioc- (“fixed, appointed”) +‎ am (“time”).

Noun

sprioc-am m (genitive singular sprioc-ama, nominative plural sprioc-amanna)

1. set time
2. deadline (time)

Declension

Declension of sprioc-am (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sprioc-am sprioc-amanna vocative a sprioc-am a sprioc-amanna genitive sprioc-ama sprioc-amanna dative sprioc-am sprioc-amanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sprioc-am na sprioc-amanna genitive an sprioc-ama na sprioc-amanna dative leis an sprioc-am don sprioc-am leis na sprioc-amanna

Related terms

• spriocdháta m (“deadline”) (date)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sprioc-am”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sprioc-am”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sprioc-am”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024