spirut
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- spiurt
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spīritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspʲirud/
Noun
spirut m
- spirit, incorporeal being, angel
- spirut noíb ― the Holy Spirit
- ghost, apparition
- spirit, soul
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13d7
- Béoigidir in spirut in corp in fecht so.
- The spirit brings the body to life now.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13d7
- spirit, influence, inspiration
- vital spirit, life
Inflection
| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | spirut | spirutL | spiruta |
| Vocative | spirut | spirutL | spirutu |
| Accusative | spirutN | spirutL | spirutu |
| Genitive | spiruto, spirito, spi(u)rto | spiruto, spirito, spi(u)rto | spirutaeN |
| Dative | spirutL | spirutaib | spirutaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- spirtálde
- spirtide
- spirutálta
Descendants
- Irish: spiorad
- Manx: spyrryd
- Scottish Gaelic: spiorad
Further reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “spirut”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN