srathnaigh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish srethnaigid, from Old Irish sreth, verbal noun of sernaid (whence modern searn).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɾˠɑhn̪ˠɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɾˠahnˠə/, /ˈsˠɾˠahn̪ˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɾˠahnˠiː/, /ˈsˠɾˠahn̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɾˠʌhnˠi/, [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʌhnˠi]; /ˈsˠɾˠʌhn̪ˠi/[3], [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʌhn̪ˠi]

Verb

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srathnaigh (present analytic srathnaíonn, future analytic srathnóidh, verbal noun srathnú, past participle srathnaithe)

  1. to scatter, spread (out), disperse (scatter in different directions)
  2. (literary) to arrange in order, to dispose (distribute and put in place)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
srathnaigh shrathnaigh
after an, tsrathnaigh
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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  1. ^ srathnaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sreth(n)aigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50

Further reading

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