sreangán

Irish

Alternative forms

• srangán

Etymology

From sreang +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃɾʲɑuˈŋɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃɾʲɑũˈŋɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]; /ʃɾʲɑuŋˈɡɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃɾʲɑũŋˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]

Noun

sreangán m (genitive singular sreangáin, nominative plural sreangáin)

1. string (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

   Synonym: sreang

2. twine (strong thread)

   Synonym: ruóg

3. cord (length of twisted strands)

   Synonyms: corda, téad

Declension

Declension of sreangán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sreangán sreangáin vocative a shreangáin a shreangána genitive sreangáin sreangán dative sreangán sreangáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sreangán na sreangáin genitive an tsreangáin na sreangán dative leis an sreangán don sreangán leis na sreangáin

Derived terms

• sreangán práiscín (“apron string”)
• sreangán teanga (“lingual frenulum”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreangán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sreangán	shreangán after an, tsreangán	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

• “sreangán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sreangán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 687
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22