spíonán

Irish

Etymology

From spíon (“spine, thorn”) +‎ -án.

Noun

spíonán m (genitive singular spíonáin, nominative plural spíonáin)

gooseberry

Declension

Declension of spíonán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spíonán	spíonáin
Vocative	a spíonáin	a spíonána
Genitive	spíonáin	spíonán
Dative	spíonán	spíonáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an spíonán	na spíonáin
Genitive	an spíonáin	na spíonán
Dative	leis an spíonán don spíonán	leis na spíonáin

Derived terms

crann spíonán, tom spíonán, tor spíonán (“gooseberry bush”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spíonán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“gooseberry”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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