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sruth

sruth

Irish

Noun

sruth m (genitive singular srutha, nominative plural sruthanna)

  1. stream
  2. current, flow
  3. (electricity) current, mains

Declension

Synonyms

  • (flow): sreabhadh, sreabh
  • (stream): sruthlán

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sruth shruth
after an, tsruth
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (flow, stream). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sruθ/

Noun

sruth n, m (genitive srotho, nominative plural srotha)

  1. stream, river, current
  2. strait, stream, current (of sea)
  3. foray, sortie, attack

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sruth (stream, river, current), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (flow, stream). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

Noun

sruth m (genitive singular sruith or srutha, plural sruthan)

  1. stream, burn
  2. flow, rush (of water)
  3. current

Synonyms

  • (stream, burn): allt

Derived terms

Verb

sruth (past sruth, future sruthaidh, verbal noun sruthadh, past participle sruthte)

  1. flow, stream

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sruth shruth
after "an", t-sruth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.