sreabhán

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish srebán (“streamlet”) By surface analysis, sreabh +‎ -án.

Noun

sreabhán m (genitive singular sreabháin, nominative plural sreabháin)

1. fluid (any state of matter which can flow; liquid)
2. streamlet

Declension

Declension of sreabhán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sreabhán sreabháin vocative a shreabháin a shreabhána genitive sreabháin sreabhán dative sreabhán sreabháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sreabhán na sreabháin genitive an tsreabháin na sreabhán dative leis an sreabhán don sreabhán leis na sreabháin

Etymology 2

Noun

sreabhán m (genitive singular sreabháin, nominative plural sreabháin)

1. Alternative form of sruán (“griddlecake”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreabhán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sreabhán	shreabhán after an, tsreabhán	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sreaḃán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreabhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN