sorn

See also: SORN and sòrn

English

Etymology

Perhaps from sojourn. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

sorn (third-person singular simple present sorns, present participle sorning, simple past and past participle sorned)

1. (Scotland, intransitive, dated) to impose upon another for food and lodging.

Derived terms

• sorner

Anagrams

• NORs, RONs, nors, orns

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m (genitive singular soirn, nominative plural soirn)

1. furnace
2. stove, range

Declension

Declension of sorn

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sorn soirn Vocative a shoirn a shorna Genitive soirn sorn Dative sorn soirn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sorn na soirn Genitive an tsoirn na sorn Dative leis an sorn don sorn leis na soirn

Synonyms

• (stove, range): sornóg

Derived terms

• píopa soirn m (“stove-pipe”)
• snasán soirn m (“stove-polish”)
• sorn campála m (“camping stove”)
• sorn cistine (“cooker, cooking-range, kitchener, kitchen-range”)
• sornaire m (“furnace tender”)
• sornchoire m (“range boiler”)
• sornchruanta (“stove-enamelled”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• oigheann m (“oven”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sorn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m (genitive singular sorn)

1. range, fireplace under boiler

Derived terms

• sorn aarlee (“kitchen range”)
• sorn gas (“gas cooker”)
• sorn kishtin (“cooking range, cooker”)
• sorn lectragh (“electric cooker”)
• sorn ooill (“oil stove”)
• sorn-coirrey (“range boiler”)

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sorn	horn after "yn", torn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sor͈n͈/

Noun

sorn m (genitive suirn, nominative plural suirn)

1. furnace, oven, kiln

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sorn	sornL	suirnL
Vocative	suirn	sornL	surnuH
Accusative	sornN	sornL	surnuH
Genitive	suirnL	sorn	sornN
Dative	surnL	sornaib	sornaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: sorn
• Manx: sorn
• Scottish Gaelic: sòrn
• → Faroese: sornur

Further reading

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sorn	ṡorn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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