sparán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sparán (compare Scottish Gaelic sporan), possibly from Late Latin bursa (“purse”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “leather, hide”).

Noun

sparán m (genitive singular sparáin, nominative plural sparáin)

purse
Synonym: mála
sporran
(animals) stomach

Declension

Declension of sparán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sparán	sparáin
Vocative	a sparáin	a sparána
Genitive	sparáin	sparán
Dative	sparán	sparáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sparán	na sparáin
Genitive	an sparáin	na sparán
Dative	leis an sparán don sparán	leis na sparáin

Derived terms

Terms derived from sparán

fear sparáin (“bursar, treasurer”)
lus an sparáin (“shepherd's purse”)
ruóg sparáin (“purse-string”)
sparán Albanach (“sporran”)
sparán na bhfeoirlingí (“(ruminant's) second stomach, reticulum”)

sparán na caillí mairbhe (“egg-case of skate, mermaid's purse”)
sparán na scillinge (“(leprechaun's) inexhaustible purse; the widow’s cruse”)
sparán nótaí (“note-case”)
sreangáin sparáin (“purse-strings”)
triopall sparáin (“lower part of (string-)purse”)

Further reading

"sparán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 sparán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “sparán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “sparán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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