stroin

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sróin, dative/accusative of srón (“nose, nostril”), from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st̪rudʲnʲ/, /st̪raidʲnʲ/,

Noun

stroin f (genitive singular stroaney or stroinney or stronney, plural stroinyn or strointeeyn)

  1. (anatomy) nose
  2. promontory, headland

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
stroin hroin
after "yn", troin		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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