sròn

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See also: srón

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish srón, from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

  • (northern dialects) IPA(key): /s̪t̪ɾɔːn/
  • (southern dialects) IPA(key): /s̪ɾɔːn/

Noun

sròn f (genitive singular sròine, plural srònan or sròintean or sròinean)

  1. nose
  2. snout, trunk
  3. toe (of a shoe or boot)
  4. promontory, point

Declension

Declension of sròn (class IIa feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative sròn srònan
Genitive sròine shròn
Dative sròin srònan; srònaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) t-sròn (na) srònan
Genitive (na) sròine (nan) sròn
Dative (an) t-sròin (na) srònan; srònaibh*
Vocative (a) shròn (a) shròna

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

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Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sròn shròn
after "an", t-sròn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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