sruán
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish srubán, srúbán m (“thin cake of bread, small loaf; cockle”), possibly from srúb n (“snout, muzzle, beak, nose”).[1]
Noun
editsruán m (genitive singular sruáin, nominative plural sruáin)
- griddlecake
- Synonyms: arán gridille, branrán, císte gridille
- cockle
Declension
editDeclension of sruán
Derived terms
edit- sruán coirce (“oatcake”)
Related terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sruán | shruán after an, tsruán |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srubán, srúbán?, sreabán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sruán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN