srón

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠoːnˠ/
• IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠoːn/, /sˠɾˠuːn/
• IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

srón f (genitive singular sróine or sróna or srónach, nominative plural sróna or srónanna)

1. nose

Declension

Standard inflection (second declension):

Declension of srón

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative srón sróna Vocative a shrón a shróna Genitive sróine srón Dative srón sróin (archaic, dialectal) sróna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsrón na sróna Genitive na sróine na srón Dative leis an tsrón leis an tsróin (archaic, dialectal) don tsrón don tsróin (archaic, dialectal) leis na sróna

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Declension of srón

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative srón srónanna Vocative a shrón a shrónanna Genitive sróna srónanna Dative srón srónanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsrón na srónanna Genitive na sróna na srónanna Dative leis an tsrón don tsrón leis na srónanna

Alternative inflection (fifth declension):

Declension of srón

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative srón sróna Vocative a shrón a shróna Genitive srónach srón Dative srón srónaigh (archaic, dialectal) sróna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsrón na sróna Genitive na srónach na srón Dative leis an tsrón leis an tsrónaigh (archaic, dialectal) don tsrón don tsrónaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na sróna

Derived terms

• droichead sróine (“bridge of the nose”)
• srón bhréige (“false nose”)
• mórshrónach (“big-nosed, bottle-nosed”)
• sróinín
• srónach
• srónaíl

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
srón	shrón after an, tsrón	not applicable
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), “srón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “srón”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 688
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “srón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “srón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “srón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sroːn/

Noun

srón f

1. nose
2. nostril

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	srónL	sróinL	srónaH
Vocative	srónL	sróinL	srónaH
Accusative	sróinN	sróinL	srónaH
Genitive	sróineH	srónL	srónN
Dative	sróinL	srónaib	srónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• srónmar

Descendants

• Irish: srón
• Manx: stroin
• Scottish Gaelic: sròn

Mutation

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

References

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