sraoth

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sreód (“sneeze”).

Noun

sraoth m (genitive singular sraotha, nominative plural sraothanna)

1. sneeze

   Lig sí sraoth. ― She sneezed.

2. snort

Declension

Declension of sraoth (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sraoth sraothanna vocative a shraoth a shraothanna genitive sraotha sraothanna dative sraoth sraothanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sraoth na sraothanna genitive an tsraotha na sraothanna dative leis an sraoth don sraoth leis na sraothanna

Related terms

• sraothartach

Etymology 2

Related to sruth (“stream, river, current”),

Noun

sraoth m (genitive singular sraotha, nominative plural sraothanna or sraotha)

1. race, channel

   sraoth muilinn. ― millrace

2. flow

Declension

(weak plural)

Declension of sraoth (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sraoth sraothanna vocative a shraoth a shraothanna genitive sraotha sraothanna dative sraoth sraothanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sraoth na sraothanna genitive an tsraotha na sraothanna dative leis an sraoth don sraoth leis na sraothanna

(strong plural)

Declension of sraoth (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sraoth sraotha vocative a shraoth a shraotha genitive sraotha sraoth dative sraoth sraotha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sraoth na sraotha genitive an tsraotha na sraoth dative leis an sraoth don sraoth leis na sraotha

Mutation

Mutated forms of sraoth

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sraoth	shraoth after an, tsraoth	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sraoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sreód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language