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Spat.

spar

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃpaːt/
  1. spar

    masculine · strong
  2. parallelepiped

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German spāt (less often also spăt, possibly by confusion with etymology 2 below). There are no known cognates, but probably related to Span (“shaving, clipping”).

noun/ʃpaːt/
  1. spavin (horse disease caused by an ulcer in the leg)

    masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German spat. Cognate with Dutch spat, Middle Low German spat (whence Swedish spatt etc.). Further origin unknown. Relation with the Romance word in English spavin is dubious. Has also been compared to Ancient Greek σπαδών (spadṓn, “spasm”).

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