/sˠpˠoŋk/, /sˠpˠuŋk/, /sˠpˠɞŋk/
OriginFrom English spunk, itself partially from Middle Irish sponc (“sponge”) (from Latin spongia), a sense which is now obsolete in Irish.
- masculinetinder, touchwood, spunk
- masculinespunk (courage; spirit; mettle; determination)
- masculinecoltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Formsspoinc(genitive, singular) · spoinc(nominative, plural) · sponc(indefinite, nominative, singular) · spoinc(indefinite, nominative, plural) · a spoinc(indefinite, singular, vocative) · a sponca(indefinite, plural, vocative) · spoinc(genitive, indefinite, singular) · sponc(genitive, indefinite, plural) · sponc(dative, indefinite, singular) · spoinc(dative, indefinite, plural) · an sponc(definite, nominative, singular) · na spoinc(definite, nominative, plural) · an spoinc(definite, genitive, singular) · na sponc(definite, genitive, plural) · leis an sponc(dative, definite, singular) · don sponc(dative, definite, singular) · leis na spoinc(dative, definite, plural) · sbonc(alternative, obsolete) · sbongc(alternative, obsolete) · spongc(alternative, obsolete)
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