sraoth

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sreód (“sneeze”).

Noun

sraoth m (genitive singular sraotha, nominative plural sraothanna)

1. sneeze

   Lig sí sraoth. ― She sneezed.

2. snort

Declension

Declension of sraoth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sraoth sraothanna Vocative a shraoth a shraothanna Genitive sraotha sraothanna Dative sraoth sraothanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sraoth na sraothanna Genitive an tsraotha na sraothanna Dative leis an sraoth don sraoth leis na sraothanna

Related terms

• sraothartach

Etymology 2

Related to sruth (“stream, river, current”),

Noun

sraoth m (genitive singular sraotha, nominative plural sraothanna or sraotha)

1. race, channel

   sraoth muilinn. ― millrace

2. flow

Declension

(weak plural)

Declension of sraoth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sraoth sraothanna Vocative a shraoth a shraothanna Genitive sraotha sraothanna Dative sraoth sraothanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sraoth na sraothanna Genitive an tsraotha na sraothanna Dative leis an sraoth don sraoth leis na sraothanna

(strong plural)

Declension of sraoth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sraoth sraotha Vocative a shraoth a shraotha Genitive sraotha sraoth Dative sraoth sraotha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sraoth na sraotha Genitive an tsraotha na sraoth Dative leis an sraoth don sraoth leis na sraotha

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sraoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sreód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language