sprioc

See also: sprioc-

Irish

Alternative forms

  • spreac

Pronunciation

Noun

sprioc f (genitive singular sprice, nominative plural spriocanna or spriocacha)

  1. objective, goal, target
    Synonym: cuspóir
  2. landmark
  3. projecting rock
  4. (archery, gun sports) mark, butt (target for shooting at)
  5. (surveying) stake
  6. (golf) pin

Declension

Declension of sprioc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sprioc spriocanna
vocative a sprioc a spriocanna
genitive sprice spriocanna
dative sprioc
spric (archaic, dialectal)
spriocanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sprioc na spriocanna
genitive na sprice na spriocanna
dative leis an sprioc
leis an spric (archaic, dialectal)
don sprioc
don spric (archaic, dialectal)
leis na spriocanna

Derived terms

Verb

sprioc (present analytic spriocann, future analytic spriocfaidh, verbal noun spriocadh, past participle sprioctha)

  1. to fix, appoint
  2. alternative form of spreag (to urge on, excite)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 170, page 87

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