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)

  1. stream
    Synonym: sruthlán
  2. current, flow
    Synonyms: sreabhadh, sreabh
  3. (electricity) current, mains

Declension

Alternative declensions:

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Further reading


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)

  1. stream, river, current
  2. strait, stream, current (of sea)
  3. foray, sortie, attack

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants


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.

Noun

sruth m (genitive singular sruith or srutha, plural sruthan)

  1. stream, burn
  2. flow, rush (of water)
  3. current

Synonyms

  • (stream, burn): allt

Derived terms

Verb

sruth (past sruth, future sruthaidh, verbal noun sruthadh, past participle sruthte)

  1. flow, stream

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
sruthshruth
after "an", t-sruth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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