sruth
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sruth (“stream, river, current”), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠɾˠʊ(h)/
Noun
sruth m (genitive singular srutha or srotha, nominative plural sruthanna or srothanna or srotha)
Declension
Third declension
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Alternative declensions:
Third declension
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Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- fótashruth m (“photocurrent”)
- sruth ailtéarnach m (“alternating current”)
- sruth díreach m (“direct current”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sruth | shruth after an, tsruth |
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "sruth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “sruth” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sruth” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sruθ/
Noun
sruth n or m (genitive srotho, nominative plural srotha)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- sruthach, srothach
- sruthán, srothán
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish sruth (“stream, river, current”), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.
Synonyms
- (stream, burn): allt
Derived terms
- eadar-shruthach (“interfluent”)
- eigh-shruth (“glacier”)
- leis an t-sruth (“downstream”)
- ris an t-sruth (“upstream”)
- sruth-chlais (“canal”)
- sruth-gaoith (“draught”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
sruth | shruth after "an", t-sruth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |