spíon

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See also: spion, Spion, and špión

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠpʲiːn̪ˠ/, /sˠpʲiːnˠ/

Noun

spíon f (genitive singular spíne, nominative plural spíonta)

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

Declension

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

Verb

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

conjugation of spíon (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present spíonaim spíonann tú;
spíonair† 		spíonann sé, sí spíonaimid spíonann sibh spíonann siad;
spíonaid† 		a spíonann; a spíonas spíontar
past spíon mé; spíonas spíon tú; spíonais spíon sé, sí spíonamar; spíon muid spíon sibh; spíonabhair spíon siad; spíonadar a spíon /
ar spíon* 		spíonadh
past habitual spíonainn spíontá spíonadh sé, sí spíonaimis; spíonadh muid spíonadh sibh spíonaidís; spíonadh siad a spíonadh /
a spíonadh* 		spíontaí
future spíonfaidh mé;
spíonfad 		spíonfaidh tú;
spíonfair† 		spíonfaidh sé, sí spíonfaimid;
spíonfaidh muid 		spíonfaidh sibh spíonfaidh siad;
spíonfaid† 		a spíonfaidh; a spíonfas spíonfar
conditional spíonfainn spíonfá spíonfadh sé, sí spíonfaimis; spíonfadh muid spíonfadh sibh spíonfaidís; spíonfadh siad a spíonfadh /
a spíonfadh* 		spíonfaí
subjunctive present go spíona mé;
go spíonad† 		go spíona tú;
go spíonair† 		go spíona sé, sí go spíonaimid;
go spíona muid 		go spíona sibh go spíona siad;
go spíonaid† 		— go spíontar
past dá spíonainn dá spíontá dá spíonadh sé, sí dá spíonaimis;
dá spíonadh muid 		dá spíonadh sibh dá spíonaidís;
dá spíonadh siad 		— dá spíontaí
imperative spíonaim spíon spíonadh sé, sí spíonaimis spíonaigí;
spíonaidh† 		spíonaidís — spíontar
verbal noun spíonadh
past participle spíonta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

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