sraoth

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish sreód (“sneeze”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *fstrew-, from Proto-Indo-European *pster-. Cognate with Breton strevial (“to sneeze”), Cornish striw, Scottish Gaelic sreoth, and obsolete Welsh trew.

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
singular plural
nominative sraoth sraothanna
vocative a shraoth a shraothanna
genitive sraotha sraothanna
dative sraoth sraothanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sraoth na sraothanna
genitive an tsraotha na sraothanna
dative leis an sraoth
don sraoth 		leis na sraothanna

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
singular plural
nominative sraoth sraothanna
vocative a shraoth a shraothanna
genitive sraotha sraothanna
dative sraoth sraothanna
forms with the definite article
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
singular plural
nominative sraoth sraotha
vocative a shraoth a shraotha
genitive sraotha sraoth
dative sraoth sraotha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sraoth na sraotha
genitive an tsraotha na sraoth
dative leis an sraoth
don sraoth 		leis na sraotha

Mutation

Mutated forms of sraoth
radical lenition eclipsis
sraoth shraoth
after an, tsraoth 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sreód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “sraoṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1110; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sraoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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