srían

See also: srian

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin frēnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sr͈ʲiːa̯n]

Noun

srían m (nominative plural sréin)

1. bridle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	srían	sríanL	sréinL
Vocative	sréin	sríanL	sríanuH
Accusative	sríanN	sríanL	sríanuH
Genitive	sréinL	srían	sríanN
Dative	sríanL	sríanaib	sríanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: srían
  • Irish: srian
  • Scottish Gaelic: srian
  • Manx: streean

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
srían	ṡrían	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language