sreabhán

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish srebán (“streamlet”)[1] By surface analysis, sreabh +‎ -án.

Noun

sreabhán m (genitive singular sreabháin, nominative plural sreabháin)

  1. fluid (any state of matter which can flow; liquid)
  2. streamlet
Declension
Declension of sreabhán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sreabhán sreabháin
vocative a shreabháin a shreabhána
genitive sreabháin sreabhán
dative sreabhán sreabháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sreabhán na sreabháin
genitive an tsreabháin na sreabhán
dative leis an sreabhán
don sreabhán 		leis na sreabháin

Etymology 2

Noun

sreabhán m (genitive singular sreabháin, nominative plural sreabháin)

  1. Alternative form of sruán (“griddlecake”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreabhán
radical lenition eclipsis
sreabhán shreabhán
after an, tsreabhán 		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), “1 srebán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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