stroin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sróin, dative/accusative of srón (“nose, nostril”), from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st̪rudʲnʲ/, /st̪raidʲnʲ/, [strɛin]

Noun

stroin f (genitive singular stroaney or stroinney or stronney, plural stroinyn or strointeeyn)

1. (anatomy) nose
2. promontory, headland

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
stroin	hroin after "yn", troin	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language