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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
sprioc f (genitive singular sprice, nominative plural spriocanna or spriocacha)
- objective, goal, target
- Synonym: cuspóir
- landmark
- projecting rock
- (archery, gun sports) mark, butt (target for shooting at)
- (surveying) stake
- (golf) pin
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
sprioc (present analytic spriocann, future analytic spriocfaidh, verbal noun spriocadh, past participle sprioctha)
- to fix, appoint
- Alternative form of spreag (“to urge on, excite”)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spric”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sprioc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN