srath

srath

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish srath (“grassland”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠɾˠa(h)/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠɾˠa/, [ʂ(ɽ)a][2]

Noun

srath m (genitive singular sratha, nominative plural sratha)

  1. holm (rich flat land near a river), bottom (low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil)
  2. river valley

Declension

Declension of srath (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative srath sratha
vocative a shrath a shratha
genitive sratha srath
dative srath sratha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an srath na sratha
genitive an tsratha na srath
dative leis an srath
don srath 		leis na sratha

Derived terms

  • Srath Bán (“Strabane”)
  • srathach

Mutation

Mutated forms of srath
radical lenition eclipsis
srath shrath
after an, tsrath 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “srath”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1110; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “srath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós (“stretched, spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, extend, stretch out”).

Noun

srath m

  1. grass, sward

Descendants

  • Irish: srath
  • Manx: strah
  • Scottish Gaelic: srath

Mutation

Mutation of srath
radical lenition nasalization
srath ṡrath srath

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish srath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”). Probably influenced in meaning by a Brythonic/Pictish cognate, compare Welsh ystrad (“river valley”).

Noun

srath m (genitive singular sratha, plural srathan)

  1. wide, flat river valley; strath
  2. low-lying or flat part of a valley district, farm or country, in contrast to its hilly ground
  3. meadow
  4. dell
  5. (rare) marshy ground
  6. plain beside a river
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Cognate with Irish sraith f (“imposition, rate, tax”). The Dictionary of the Irish Language assigns this meaning to Old Irish srath (“grass, sward”),[4] but Old Irish sreth (“series, arrangement”)[5] may be more likely.

Noun

srath m (genitive singular sraith, plural srathan)

  1. tax, fine, amercement

Mutation

Mutation of srath
radical lenition
srath shrath
after "an", t-srath

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 109
  2. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 218
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scouller, Alastair (2017), The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 159
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sreth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume V, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 242-243
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