spíon

See also: spion, Spion, and špión

Irish

Alternative forms

  • spíol

Etymology

From Middle Irish spín, from Latin spīna, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠpʲiːn̪ˠ/, /sˠpʲiːnˠ/

Noun

spíon f (genitive singular spíne, nominative plural spíonta)

  1. spine, thorn
  2. (collective) thorns
  3. thorny shrub or tree

Declension

Derived terms

  • Coróin Spíne
  • spíonán
  • spíon Chríost (Christ's-thorn)

Verb

spíon (present analytic spíonann, future analytic spíonfaidh, verbal noun spíonadh, past participle spíonta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. tease, comb; pull apart
  2. comb, search, ransack
  3. spend, exhaust

Conjugation

Further reading

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