srón

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish srón, from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˠɾˠoːnˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠɾˠoːn/, /sˠɾˠuːn/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /sˠɾˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

srón f (genitive singular sróine or sróna or srónach, nominative plural sróna or srónanna)

  1. nose

Declension

Standard inflection (second declension):

Declension of srón

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative srón sróna
Vocative a shrón a shróna
Genitive sróine srón
Dative srón
sróin (archaic, dialectal)		 sróna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsrón na sróna
Genitive na sróine na srón
Dative leis an tsrón
leis an tsróin (archaic, dialectal)

don tsrón
don tsróin (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na sróna

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Declension of srón

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative srón srónanna
Vocative a shrón a shrónanna
Genitive sróna srónanna
Dative srón srónanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsrón na srónanna
Genitive na sróna na srónanna
Dative leis an tsrón

don tsrón

 leis na srónanna

Alternative inflection (fifth declension):

Declension of srón

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative srón sróna
Vocative a shrón a shróna
Genitive srónach srón
Dative srón
srónaigh (archaic, dialectal)		 sróna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsrón na sróna
Genitive na srónach na srón
Dative leis an tsrón
leis an tsrónaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don tsrón
don tsrónaigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na sróna

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • “srón” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “srón” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 688.
  • "srón" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “srón” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “srón” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sroːn/

Noun

srón f

  1. nose
  2. nostril

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative srónL sróinL sróna
Vocative srónL sróinL sróna
Accusative sróinN sróinL sróna
Genitive sróine srónL srónN
Dative sróinL srónaib srónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
srón ṡrón unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “srón” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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