sròn

See also: srón

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish srón, from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

• (northern dialects) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɾɔːn/
• (southern dialects) IPA^(key): /s̪ɾɔːn/

Noun

sròn f (genitive singular sròine, plural srònan or sròintean or sròinean)

1. nose
2. snout, trunk
3. toe (of a shoe or boot)
4. promontory, point

Declension

Declension of sròn (class IIa feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sròn	srònan
Genitive	sròine	shròn
Dative	sròin	srònan; srònaibh*
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) t-sròn	(na) srònan
Genitive	(na) sròine	(nan) sròn
Dative	(an) t-sròin	(na) srònan; srònaibh*
Vocative	(a) shròn	(a) shròna

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• (promontory): àird, rubha

Derived terms

• an t-Sròn Reamhar
• Camshron

Mutation

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