sruthán

See also: sruthan

Irish

Alternative forms

• srothán

Etymology

From sruth (“stream; current, flow”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɾˠʊhanˠ/, [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʊhanˠ]; /ˈsˠɾˠʊhan̪ˠ/, [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʊhan̪ˠ]^[1]

Noun

sruthán m (genitive singular srutháin, nominative plural srutháin)

1. (small) stream; rivulet, brook

   Synonym: sruthlán

2. gush, flow
3. Alternative form of sruán (“griddle-cake; cockle”)

Declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sruthán srutháin Vocative a shrutháin a shruthána Genitive srutháin sruthán Dative sruthán srutháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sruthán na srutháin Genitive an tsrutháin na sruthán Dative leis an sruthán don sruthán leis na srutháin

Declension of sruthán

First declension

Derived terms

• sruthánach (“abounding in streams; streaming”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sruthán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sruthán, srothán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sroṫán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 688
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sruthán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sruthán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024