sròn

See also: srón, śron, and Śron

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪t̪ɾɔːn/
  • (Argyll, Perthshire) IPA(key): /s̪ɾɔːn/

Noun

sròn f (genitive singular sròine, plural srònan or sròintean or sròinean)

  1. nose
  2. snout, trunk
  3. toe (of a shoe or boot)
  4. promontory, point

Declension

Declension of sròn (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative sròn srònan
genitive sròine shròn
dative sròin srònan; srònaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) t-sròn (na) srònan
genitive (na) sròine (nan) sròn
dative (an) t-sròin (na) srònan; srònaibh✝
vocative shròn shròna

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sròn
radical lenition
sròn shròn
after "an", t-sròn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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