sponc

Irish

Alternative forms

sbonc, sbongc, spongc, sponnc, spunc, spunnc (obsolete)

Etymology

From English spunk, itself partially from Middle Irish sponc (“sponge”) (from Latin spongia), a sense which is now obsolete in Irish.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠɔŋk/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠʊŋk/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠpˠʌŋk/

Noun

sponc m (genitive singular spoinc, nominative plural spoinc)

tinder, touchwood, spunk
spunk (courage; spirit; mettle; determination)
Synonym: sprid
coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

Declension

Declension of sponc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sponc	spoinc
Vocative	a spoinc	a sponca
Genitive	spoinc	sponc
Dative	sponc	spoinc

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sponc	na spoinc
Genitive	an spoinc	na sponc
Dative	leis an sponc don sponc	leis na spoinc

Derived terms

sponcach
sponcán

Further reading

“sponc” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “spongc, sponc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“sponnc” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 683.
"sponc" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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