spéis

See also: speis and spèis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish spéis,[1] from Middle English peis or Anglo-Norman pois, from Latin pēnsum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠpʲeːʃ/

Noun

spéis f (genitive singular spéise, nominative plural spéiseanna)

  1. interest (attention, concern)
    Tá spéis aici i mbitheolaíocht.
    She is interested in biology.

Declension

Declension of spéis (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative spéis spéiseanna
vocative a spéis a spéiseanna
genitive spéise spéiseanna
dative spéis spéiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an spéis na spéiseanna
genitive na spéise na spéiseanna
dative leis an spéis
don spéis 		leis na spéiseanna

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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