Irish

Noun

sruth m ‎(genitive singular srutha, nominative plural sruthanna)

1. stream
2. current, flow
3. (electricity) current, mains

Declension

Synonyms

• (flow): sreabhadh, sreabh
• (stream): sruthlán

Derived terms

• fótashruth

Mutation

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‎(“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sruθ/

Noun

sruth n, m ‎(genitive srotho, nominative plural srotha)

1. stream, river, current
2. strait, stream, current (of sea)
3. foray, sortie, attack

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sruthach, srothach
• sruthán, srothán

Descendants

• Irish: sruth
• Manx: stroo
• Scottish Gaelic: sruth

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sruth ‎(“stream, river, current”), from Proto-Celtic *srutom, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‎(“flow, stream”). Cognate with Welsh ffrwd and maybe the Gaulish hydronym Phroudis.

Noun

sruth m ‎(genitive singular sruith or srutha, plural sruthan)

1. stream, burn
2. flow, rush (of water)
3. current

Synonyms

• (stream, burn): allt

Derived terms

Verb

sruth ‎(past sruth, future sruthaidh, verbal noun sruthadh, past participle sruthte)

1. flow, stream

Mutation