Manx edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /st̪rudʲnʲ/, /st̪raidʲnʲ/, [strɛin]

Noun edit

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

  1. (anatomy) nose
  2. promontory, headland

Mutation edit

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 edit