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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish spéir, from Latin sphēra, sphaera (“ball, globe, sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”). Doublet of sféar.
Pronunciation
Noun
spéir f (genitive singular spéire, nominative plural spéartha)
- sky; air
- airiness, brightness, light
- (literary) sphere, circle
- (literary) orbit
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spéir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “spéir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page {{{1}}}
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “spéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38