sruán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish srubán, srúbán m (“thin cake of bread, small loaf; cockle”), possibly from srúb n (“snout, muzzle, beak, nose”).

Noun

sruán m (genitive singular sruáin, nominative plural sruáin)

  1. griddlecake
  2. cockle

Declension
Declension of sruán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sruán sruáin
Vocative a shruáin a shruána
Genitive sruáin sruán
Dative sruán sruáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sruán na sruáin
Genitive an tsruáin na sruán
Dative leis an sruán

don sruán

 leis na sruáin

Synonyms
  • (griddle-cake): arán gridille, branrán, císte gridille
  • (cockle): gruán, ruacan

Derived terms
  • sruán coirce (“oatcake”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sruán shruán
after an, tsruán		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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