Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sruth (stream, river, current), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (flow, stream). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd, Breton froud and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sruth m (genitive singular srutha or srotha, nominative plural sruthanna or srothanna or srotha)

  1. stream
    Synonym: sruthlán
  2. current, flow
    Synonyms: sreabhadh, sreabh
  3. (electricity) current, mains

Declension

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Alternative declensions:

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “Sruto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 81
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (flow, stream). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sruth n or m (genitive srotho, nominative plural srotha)

  1. stream, river, current
  2. strait, stream, current (of sea)
  3. foray, sortie, attack

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sruth sruthL srothae
Vocative sruth sruthL srothu
Accusative sruthN sruthL srothu
Genitive srothoH, srothaH srotho, srotha srothaeN
Dative sruthL srothaib srothaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: sruth
  • Manx: stroo
  • Scottish Gaelic: sruth

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sruth (stream, river, current), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (flow, stream). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sruth m (genitive singular sruith or srutha, plural sruthan)

  1. stream, burn
  2. flow, rush (of water)
  3. current

Declension

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Synonyms

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  • (stream, burn): allt

Derived terms

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Verb

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sruth (past sruth, future sruthaidh, verbal noun sruthadh, past participle sruthte)

  1. flow, stream

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sruth shruth
after "an", t-sruth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.