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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
splanc f (genitive singular splaince, nominative plural splancacha)
- flash (burst of light, fire, lightning etc.)
- bolt (lightning spark)
- spark (particle of glowing matter; small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
- sparkle
- brand (burning wood, ember)
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
splanc (present analytic splancann, future analytic splancfaidh, verbal noun splancadh, past participle splanctha)
- to spark (give off sparks)
- to flash (cause to shine; blink)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References
- ^ “splanc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 16, page 11
- ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann , →ISBN, section 27
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 107
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , page 382
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “splangc, splannc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “splannc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 682
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “splanc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN