stroin
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish sróin, dative/accusative of srón (“nose, nostril”), from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstroin f (genitive singular stroaney or stroinney or stronney, plural stroinyn or strointeeyn)
Mutation
editManx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
stroin | hroin after "yn", troin |
unchanged |
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), “srón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language