srón

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See also: sròn, śron, and Śron

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish srón,[1] from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (nostril)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. nose
    Synonym: gaosán

Declension

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Standard inflection (second declension):

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Alternative inflection (fifth declension):

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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srón f (genitive sróine, nominative plural sróna)

  1. nose
  2. nostril

Inflection

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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

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Descendants

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

Mutation

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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.

Further reading

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