sruth
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sruth m (genitive singular srutha or srotha, nominative plural sruthanna or srothanna or srotha)
Declension edit
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative declensions:
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Derived terms edit
- fótashruth
- sruth ailtéarnach
- sruth díreach
- sruthach
- sruthán
- sruthlam m (“turbulence”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sruth | shruth after an, tsruth |
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “Sruto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 81
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “sruth” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sruth” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sruth n or m (genitive srotho, nominative plural srotha)
Inflection edit
Masculine u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | sruth | sruthL | srothae |
Vocative | sruth | sruthL | srothu |
Accusative | sruthN | sruthL | srothu |
Genitive | srothoH, srothaH | srotho, srotha | srothaeN |
Dative | sruthL | srothaib | srothaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sruth m (genitive singular sruith or srutha, plural sruthan)
Synonyms edit
- (stream, burn): allt
Derived terms edit
- eadar-shruthach (“interfluent”)
- eigh-shruth (“glacier”)
- leis an t-sruth (“downstream”)
- ris an t-sruth (“upstream”)
- sruth-chlais (“canal”)
- sruth-gaoith (“draught”)
Verb edit
sruth (past sruth, future sruthaidh, verbal noun sruthadh, past participle sruthte)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
sruth | shruth after "an", t-sruth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |