spíonán

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Irish

Etymology

From spíon (spine, thorn) +‎ -án.

Noun

spíonán m (genitive singular spíonáin, nominative plural spíonáin)

  1. gooseberry

Declension

Declension of spíonán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative spíonán spíonáin
vocative a spíonáin a spíonána
genitive spíonáin spíonán
dative spíonán spíonáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an spíonán na spíonáin
genitive an spíonáin na spíonán
dative leis an spíonán
don spíonán
leis na spíonáin

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