spíon

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See also: spion, Spion, and špión

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish spín, from Latin spīna, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sˠpʲiːn̪ˠ/, /sˠpʲiːnˠ/

Noun

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spíon f (genitive singular spíne, nominative plural spíonta)

  1. spine, thorn
  2. (collective) thorns
  3. thorny shrub or tree

Declension

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Declension of spíon (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative spíon spíonta
vocative a spíon a spíonta
genitive spíne spíonta
dative spíon spíonta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an spíon na spíonta
genitive na spíne na spíonta
dative leis an spíon
don spíon
leis na spíonta

Derived terms

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Verb

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spíon (present analytic spíonann, future analytic spíonfaidh, verbal noun spíonadh, past participle spíonta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. tease, comb; pull apart
  2. comb, search, ransack
  3. spend, exhaust

Conjugation

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Further reading

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