sruth

From Old Irish sruth (“stream, river, current”), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd, Breton froud and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠɞh/, /sˠɾˠɯh/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠʊ(h)/,

sruth m (genitive singular srutha or srotha, nominative plural sruthanna or srothanna or srotha)

1. stream

   Synonym: sruthlán

2. current, flow

   Synonyms: sreabhadh, sreabh

3. (electricity) current, mains

Alternative declensions:

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sruth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sruth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

From Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

• IPA^(key): /sruθ/

sruth n or m (genitive srotho, nominative plural srotha)

1. stream, river, current
2. strait, stream, current (of sea)
3. foray, sortie, attack

• sruthach, srothach
• sruthán, srothán

• Irish: sruth
• Manx: stroo
• Scottish Gaelic: sruth

From Old Irish sruth (“stream, river, current”), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

• IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɾuh/

sruth m (genitive singular sruith or srutha, plural sruthan)

1. stream, burn
2. flow, rush (of water)
3. current

• (stream, burn): allt

sruth (past sruth, future sruthaidh, verbal noun sruthadh, past participle sruthte)

1. flow, stream