Irish
Etymology
From sreang + -án.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃɾʲɑuˈŋɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃɾʲɑũˈŋɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]; /ʃɾʲɑuŋˈɡɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃɾʲɑũŋˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
Noun
sreangán m (genitive singular sreangáin, nominative plural sreangáin)
- string (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
- Synonym: sreang
- twine (strong thread)
- Synonym: ruóg
- cord (length of twisted strands)
- Synonyms: corda, téad
Declension
Declension of sreangán (first declension)
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Derived terms
- sreangán práiscín (“apron string”)
- sreangán teanga (“lingual frenulum”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of sreangán
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lenition
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eclipsis
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shreangán after an, tsreangán
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “sreangán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sreangán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 687
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22