spéir

Alternative forms

• spéar, speur

Etymology

From Middle Irish spéir, from Latin sphēra, sphaera (“ball, globe, sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʲeːɾʲ/

Noun

spéir f (genitive singular spéire, nominative plural spéartha)

1. sky; air
2. airiness, brightness, light
3. (literary) sphere, circle
4. (literary) orbit

Further reading

• “spéir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “spéir” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page {{{1}}}.
• "spéir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “spéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.