srón

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See also: sròn, śron, and Śron

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish srón,[1] from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

srón f (genitive singular sróine or sróna or srónach, nominative plural sróna or srónanna)

  1. nose
    Synonym: gaosán

Declension

Standard inflection (second declension):

Declension of srón (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative srón sróna
vocative a shrón a shróna
genitive sróine srón
dative srón
sróin (archaic, dialectal) 		sróna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsrón na sróna
genitive na sróine na srón
dative leis an tsrón
leis an tsróin (archaic, dialectal)
don tsrón
don tsróin (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na sróna

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Declension of srón (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative srón srónanna
vocative a shrón a shrónanna
genitive sróna srónanna
dative srón srónanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsrón na srónanna
genitive na sróna na srónanna
dative leis an tsrón
don tsrón 		leis na srónanna

Alternative inflection (fifth declension):

Declension of srón (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative srón sróna
vocative a shrón a shróna
genitive srónach srón
dative srón
srónaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		sróna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsrón na sróna
genitive na srónach na srón
dative leis an tsrón
leis an tsrónaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don tsrón
don tsrónaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na sróna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of srón
radical lenition eclipsis
srón shrón
after an, tsrón 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 226
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , page 383
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 508, page 186
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 283, page 54
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 38, page 17

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

srón f (genitive sróine, nominative plural sróna)

  1. nose
  2. nostril

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative srónL sróinL srónaH
Vocative srónL sróinL srónaH
Accusative sróinN sróinL srónaH
Genitive sróineH srónL srónN
Dative sróinL srónaib srónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: srón
  • Manx: stroin
  • Scottish Gaelic: sròn

Mutation

Mutation of srón
radical lenition nasalization
srón ṡrón unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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