Sord

See also: sord

Irish

Etymology

Unknown. According to the Life of Columba it was the name of a well in the area and meant “pure”, but nowhere else does the word sord exist in Irish with that or any other meaning. It may therefore be from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠauɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɔːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Sord m (genitive Sord)

1. Swords (a town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland)

Synonyms

• Sord Cholm Cille

Descendants

• →⇒ English: Swords
• →⇒ Fingallian: Swords

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sord

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sord	Shord after an, tSord	not applicable

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