spirut

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • spiurt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spīritus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspʲirud/

Noun

spirut m

  1. spirit, incorporeal being, angel
    • spirut noíbthe Holy Spirit
  2. ghost, apparition
  3. spirit, soul
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13d7
      Béoigidir in spirut in corp in fecht so.
      The spirit brings the body to life now.
  4. spirit, influence, inspiration
  5. vital spirit, life

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative spirut spirutL spiruta
Vocative spirut spirutL spirutu
Accusative spirutN spirutL spirutu
Genitive spiruto, spirito, spi(u)rto spiruto, spirito, spi(u)rto spirutaeN
Dative spirutL spirutaib spirutaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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