spionáiste

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx).

Noun

spionáiste m (genitive singular spionáiste)

1. spinach

Declension

Declension of spionáiste (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative spionáiste vocative a spionáiste genitive spionáiste dative spionáiste forms with the definite article case singular nominative an spionáiste genitive an spionáiste dative leis an spionáiste don spionáiste

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spionáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “spinach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024