sruthán

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See also: sruthan

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sruth (“stream; current, flow”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

sruthán m (genitive singular srutháin, nominative plural srutháin)

  1. (small) stream; rivulet, brook
    Synonym: sruthlán
  2. gush, flow
  3. Alternative form of sruán (“griddle-cake; cockle”)

Declension

Declension of sruthán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sruthán srutháin
vocative a shrutháin a shruthána
genitive srutháin sruthán
dative sruthán srutháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sruthán na srutháin
genitive an tsrutháin na sruthán
dative leis an sruthán
don sruthán 		leis na srutháin

Derived terms

  • sruthánach (“abounding in streams; streaming”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sruthán
radical lenition eclipsis
sruthán shruthán
after an, tsruthán 		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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

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