sreangán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sreang +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃɾʲauŋˈɡɑːn̪ˠ/, /ʃɾʲauˈŋɑːn̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

sreangán m (genitive singular sreangáin, nominative plural sreangáin)

  1. string (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
    Synonym: sreang
  2. twine (strong thread)
    Synonym: ruóg
  3. cord (length of twisted strands)
    Synonyms: corda, téad

Declension

Declension of sreangán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sreangán sreangáin
vocative a shreangáin a shreangána
genitive sreangáin sreangán
dative sreangán sreangáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sreangán na sreangáin
genitive an tsreangáin na sreangán
dative leis an sreangán
don sreangán 		leis na sreangáin

Derived terms

  • sreangán práiscín (“apron string”)
  • sreangán teanga (“lingual frenulum”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreangán
radical lenition eclipsis
sreangán shreangán
after an, tsreangán 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “sreangán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 41, page 22

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