sreabhán

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish srebán (“streamlet”) By surface analysis, sreabh +‎ -án.

Noun

sreabhán m (genitive singular sreabháin, nominative plural sreabháin)

1. fluid (any state of matter which can flow; liquid)
2. streamlet

Declension

Declension of sreabhán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sreabhán sreabháin Vocative a shreabháin a shreabhána Genitive sreabháin sreabhán Dative sreabhán sreabháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sreabhán na sreabháin Genitive an tsreabháin na sreabhán Dative leis an sreabhán don sreabhán leis na sreabháin

Etymology 2

Noun

sreabhán m (genitive singular sreabháin, nominative plural sreabháin)

1. Alternative form of sruán (“griddlecake”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sreaḃán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreabhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN