spórt
See also: sport, Sport, SPORT, šport, and sport.
Irish
Alternative forms
- spóirt (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
Borrowed from English sport.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): [sˠpˠoːɾˠt̪ˠ]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): [sˠpˠɔːɾˠt̪ˠ]
Noun
spórt m (genitive singular spóirt)
- fun, pastime, sport (that which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement)
Declension
Declension of spórt
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Derived terms
- bean spóirt
- beár spóirt
- bróg spóirt
- carr spóirt
- casóg spóirt
- craoladh spóirt
- culaith spóirt f (“tracksuit”)
- dreoilín spóirt
- éadaí spóirt
- fear spóirt
- halla spóirt
- ionad spóirt
- lá spóirt
- mála spóirt
- píosa spóirt
- spórtaíocht
- spórtúil
- spórtúlacht
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “spórt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “spórt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “spórt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.