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sruán

sruán

Irish

Alternative forms

(griddlecake): srubhán m, srubhóg f
sruthán m

Noun

sruán m ‎(genitive singular sruáin, nominative plural sruáin)

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

Synonyms

(griddle-cake): arán gridille, branrán, císte gridille
(cockle): gruán, ruacan

Derived terms

sruán coirce ‎(“oatcake”)

Related terms

báisín, nuitín ‎(“cockle-shell”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sruán	shruán after an, tsruán	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"sruán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“srubán, srúbán ?, sreabán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.