sreangán

Irish

Alternative forms

• srangán

Etymology

From sreang +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃɾʲɑuˈŋɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃɾʲɑũˈŋɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]; /ʃɾʲɑuŋˈɡɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃɾʲɑũŋˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]

Noun

sreangán m (genitive singular sreangáin, nominative plural sreangáin)

1. string (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

   Synonym: sreang

2. twine (strong thread)

   Synonym: ruóg

3. cord (length of twisted strands)

   Synonyms: corda, téad

Declension

Declension of sreangán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sreangán sreangáin Vocative a shreangáin a shreangána Genitive sreangáin sreangán Dative sreangán sreangáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sreangán na sreangáin Genitive an tsreangáin na sreangán Dative leis an sreangán don sreangán leis na sreangáin

Derived terms

• sreangán práiscín (“apron string”)
• sreangán teanga (“lingual frenulum”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sreangán	shreangán after an, tsreangán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “sreangán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sreangán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 687
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22