Sord

See also: sord

Irish

Etymology

Unknown. According to the Life of Columba it was the name of a well in the area and meant “pure”, but nowhere else does the word sord exist in Irish with that or any other meaning. It may therefore be from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠauɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɔːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Sord m (genitive Sord)

1. Swords (a town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland)

Synonyms

• Sord Cholm Cille

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sord	Shord after an, tSord	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.