sruthán

See also: sruthan

Irish

Alternative forms

• srothán

Etymology

From sruth (“stream; current, flow”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɾˠʊhanˠ/, [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʊhanˠ]; /ˈsˠɾˠʊhan̪ˠ/, [ˈʂ(ɽ)ʊhan̪ˠ]

Noun

sruthán m (genitive singular srutháin, nominative plural srutháin)

1. (small) stream; rivulet, brook

   Synonym: sruthlán

2. gush, flow
3. Alternative form of sruán (“griddle-cake; cockle”)

Declension

Declension of sruthán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sruthán srutháin vocative a shrutháin a shruthána genitive srutháin sruthán dative sruthán srutháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sruthán na srutháin genitive an tsrutháin na sruthán dative leis an sruthán don sruthán leis na srutháin

Derived terms

• sruthánach (“abounding in streams; streaming”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sruthán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sruthán	shruthán after an, tsruthán	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) “sruthán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sruthán, srothán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sroṫán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 688
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sruthán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sruthán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025