Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
spánna
spanóg
sparabal
spáráil
spárálach
spárálacht
spárálaí
sparán
sparánacht
sparánaí
spardaíocht
sparna
sparnach
sparnaíl
sparr
sparra
sparrachroch
sparraíocht
sparrán
sparrtha
sparsán
spartán
spártha
sparán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). Purse. ~ lag, teann, light, well-lined, purse. Fear sparáin, bursar, treasurer. Folk: ~ na scillinge, (leprechaun’s) inexhaustible purse; the widow’s cruse. ~ na caillí mairbhe, egg-case of skate, mermaid’s purse. ~ na bhfeoirlingí, (ruminant’s) second stomach, reticulum. S.a. lus.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rud a chur isteach i mbosca, i do sparán, to put sth. into a box, into one’s purse.
Is fearr ~ sa chúirt ná bonn, punt, sa sparán, a friend in court is better than a penny, a pound, in the purse.
Cuir ~ sa sparán é, put it into the purse.
Sparán ~, light purse.
Tá sparán ~ta aige, he has a full purse, plenty of money.
~ an sparáin, shepherd’s purse.
Inár sparáin-ne, in our purses.
~ sparáin, purse-string.
Póca, sparán, ~, well-filled pocket, purse.
~ sparáin, lower part of (string-) purse.
