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Irish
Etymology
From sruth (“stream; current, flow”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
sruthán m (genitive singular srutháin, nominative plural srutháin)
- (small) stream; rivulet, brook
- Synonym: sruthlán
- gush, flow
- Alternative form of sruán (“griddle-cake; cockle”)
Declension
Derived terms
- sruthánach (“abounding in streams; streaming”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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sruthán
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shruthán after an, tsruthán
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sruthán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sruthán, srothán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sroṫán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 688
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sruthán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sruthán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024