Sruighlea

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Originally likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”)[1] + linn (“pool, lake”),[2] borrowed into Middle Scots Stirveling, via Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, and then reborrowed into early Scottish Gaelic. The ending is perhaps due to a reanalysis of the -ing ending as indicating a verbal noun, resulting in Gaelic -ea(dh).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪t̪ɾuilə/

Proper noun

Sruighlea

  1. Stirling (a city in Scotland)
  2. Stirling (a council area of Scotland)

Mutation

Mutation of Sruighlea
radical lenition
Sruighlea Shruighlea
after "an", t-Sruighlea

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sreb, srib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Clancy, Thomas Owen (26 July 2021), “The Etymologies of Pluscarden and Stirling”, in The Journal of Scottish Names Studies‎[1], volume 17, →ISSN.
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