sruán

Irish

Alternative forms

• sreabhán, srubhán, srubhóg, sruthán

Etymology

From Old Irish srubán, srúbán m (“thin cake of bread, small loaf; cockle”), possibly from srúb n (“snout, muzzle, beak, nose”).

Noun

sruán m (genitive singular sruáin, nominative plural sruáin)

1. griddlecake

   Synonyms: arán gridille, branrán, císte gridille

2. cockle

   Synonyms: gruán, ruacan

Declension

Declension of sruán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sruán sruáin vocative a shruáin a shruána genitive sruáin sruán dative sruán sruáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sruán na sruáin genitive an tsruáin na sruán dative leis an sruán don sruán leis na sruáin

Derived terms

• sruán coirce (“oatcake”)

Related terms

• báisín, nuitín (“cockle-shell”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sruán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sruán	shruán after an, tsruán	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) “sruán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN