spionáiste

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ‎ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian ‎ (espanâx).

Noun

spionáiste m (genitive singular spionáiste)

spinach

Declension

Declension of spionáiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	spionáiste
Vocative	a spionáiste
Genitive	spionáiste
Dative	spionáiste

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an spionáiste
Genitive	an spionáiste
Dative	leis an spionáiste don spionáiste

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “spionáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“spinach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023

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