srennaid

Old Irish

Etymology

Matasović derives it from Proto-Celtic *sregnāti, from Proto-Indo-European *sregʰ- (“to snore”), but this should have given *srénaid.[1] According to Vendryes it's from a Proto-Indo-European root *srenk- + nasal suffix. Related to Ancient Greek ῥέγκω, ῥέγχω (rhénkō, rhénkhō, “to snore”).[2]

Verb

srennaid (conjunct ·srena, verbal noun srém)

  1. to snore, snort
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 121a14
      ciarid·srena ― glosses Latin fremat (“it might snort”)
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 185a1
      srennim ― glosses Latin sterto (“I snore”)

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. srennim
conj.
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj.
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·srena
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun srém
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: srann
  • Scottish Gaelic: srann
  • Manx: strinnoogh (verbal noun)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*srognā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 352-353
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “srenn-”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page 185

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