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)[1]

Noun

sparán m (genitive singular sparáin, nominative plural sparáin)

purse
Synonym: mála
sporran
(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

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

“sparán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sparán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sparán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “sparán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “sparán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38

[1] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7